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The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning, predicting a significant surge in cancer cases globally by 2050.  The International Agency for Research on Cancer, the WHO's cancer agency, released a report highlighting a…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has taken to social media to address the recent surge in COVID-19 cases worldwide.  Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the COVID-19 technical lead at WHO, shared a video explaining the contributing factors to the…

For the first time, a somewhat independent committee for the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded on Thursday about aspartame.  It is a widely used artificial sweetener found in tens of thousands of items like diet drinks and…

Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has mostly ended, the World Health Organization (WHO) is continuing its work on them. It has so developed a list of ailments with pandemic potential and is maintaining watch over them. This list was…

The World Health Organization member states agreed to a $6.83 billion budget on Monday that includes a 20% increase in their required contributions for the upcoming two years. There were no challenges to the budget proposal for…

The use of artificial sweeteners to regulate body weight or lower the risk of noncommunicable illnesses is not beneficial over the long run and may be harmful to one's health, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. Due to…

According to the World Health Organization, a 56-year-old lady in southern China died after testing positive for H3N8 bird flu, making her the first human death from that strain of bird flu. The WHO said in a statement that the woman,…

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, declared an emergency meeting after the Marburg viral infection, or MVD, was proven to have made its first breakout in Equatorial Guinea. So far, nine fatalities and 16…