The World Health Organization plans to officially back the use of weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults for the first time, a memo reviewed by Reuters on Thursday shows.

The World Health Organization warned this week that the sweeping funding cuts could endanger millions of lives, since many countries depend on foreign aid for TB prevention, testing and treatment.

Among President Trump’s flurry of executive orders was one reviving a pandemic-era pledge: to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization. Trump signed an order in the Oval Office to ...

A World Health Organization sign is seen at the entrance to the organization’s headquarters in Geneva. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) On the first day of his second administration, President ...

Argentina contributes approximately $8.257m to the World Health Organization, as of 2024. In an official government news release , however, Milei’s administration accused the organisation of ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO)—a move that experts say makes the U.S. and other ...

The mounting mpox outbreak in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday (Aug. 14).

Why does Trump want to withdraw? Trump first tried to exit WHO during his first term in 2020, accusing the organization of “severely mismanaging and covering up” the spread of Covid-19.

The Palestinian delegation won the right to fly their flag at the WHO after a symbolic victory that its envoy hopes will lead to greater recognition.