A landmark global study suggests that tobacco smoking, infection and alcohol consumption are the leading causes of ...

The Pan American Health Organization has issued an alert due to a surge in measles cases across the Americas, with Mexico ...

Governor JB Pritzker pledges to put ‘science, preparedness and people’ first by participating in global response network ...

Illinois will join a global network that monitors emerging disease threats, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday.

What does it mean for Illinois residents that the U.S. has left the WHO but the state has joined the WHO’s Global Outbreak ...

ILLINOIS, USA — Illinois will join the World Health Organization’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, or GOARN, to ...

Something unexpected is happening in the world of American retirement planning. People who once dreamed of Florida beaches ...

Following the Nipah virus outbreak in India, we asked experts about ongoing research into treatments, if there is a cause for ...

Preventive cholera vaccination programs will restart globally after they were halted for nearly four years due to a vaccine ...

More than 1,583 new HIV infections were recorded in 2024 in a country with a population of less than 1 million.

World Cancer Day’s theme covering 2025 to 2027, “United by Unique”, places people; their experiences, needs and stories, at the centre of the fight against cancer, emphasising that while the disease ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched its 2026 global appeal to ensure that millions of people living in humanitarian crises and conflicts can access health care.