Sleep is known to be central to various physiological and mental processes, including the consolidation of memories, ...

The U.S. withdrew from treaty negotiations on President Trump's first day in office.

The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an “alternative international health system” separate from the World Health Organization (WHO). On the ...

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

An electronic health bill requiring medical records to note a patient’s biological sex and any “sexual development disorder” passed the Texas House on Friday.

These organizations include the American Heart/American Stroke Organization, the Global Coalition for Circulatory Disease, the Noncommunicable Disease Alliance, the World Heart Federation, the World ...

Dr Palitha Kohona is former Head, UN Treaties, a one-time Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN & until recently, Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.

Papua New Guinea reported the presence of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in healthy children from Lae ...

WHO members on Tuesday adopted a treaty that outlines how to prepare for and respond to pandemics. One country missing: the U ...

The World Health Organization's member countries have approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics in the wake of the devastation wrought by the coronavirus ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian and Bolivian police arrested one of the leaders of Brazil’s biggest criminal organization s in eastern Bolivia after nearly five years on the run, authorities said ...

Treatment typically involves having a low-protein diet until the child is old enough for a liver transplant, but that approach also comes with health risks. KJ began receiving personalised CRISPR ...