GENEVA: From guitars to traditional medicines and from tusk to tail, mankind’s exploitation of the planet’s fauna and flora is putting some of them at risk of...
LONDON: The World Health Organization spent nearly $192 million on travel expenses last year, with staffers sometimes breaking the agency’s own rules by...
NAIROBI: Doctors at Nairobi’s Kenyatta National Hospital have told Robert Wanyonyi there’s nothing more they can do for him. Yet more than a year after he...
GENEVA: The World Health Organization says compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition – a move that some critics warn may...
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador: It’s the biggest shark – and the biggest fish – in the sea, often found roaming in warm waters around the globe with its huge...
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador: It’s the biggest shark – and the biggest fish – in the sea, often found roaming in warm waters around the globe...
ROME: When doctors and nurses at the Vatican’s showcase children’s hospital complained in 2014 that corners were being cut and medical protocols ignored, the...
LONDON: Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, traveled to Guinea earlier this month to join the country’s president in...
STOCKHOLM: When the young Australian cervical cancer patient learned she had to lose her womb in order to survive, she proposed something audacious to the...
LONDON: If you spend all day sitting, then you might want to consider scheduling some time for a brisk walk – just make sure you can spare at least an hour....
PARIS: After family members of the driver who slammed a truck into a holiday crowd in the French city of Nice said he suffered from depression, questions have...
LONDON: The European Medicines Agency has recommended approving what would be the world's first licensed malaria vaccine, even though it's only about 30...
LONDON: The World Health Organization says the year-long Ebola outbreak in West Africa still qualifies as an international emergency even though the number of...
LONDON: Put down the donut. And while you're at it, skip the breakfast cereal, fruit juice, beer and ketchup.New guidelines from the World Health Organization...
LONDON: Three Austrians have replaced injured hands with bionic ones that they can control using nerves and muscles transplanted into their arms from their...
LONDON: Scientists say there is “overwhelming evidence” that a skeleton found under a parking lot is that of England’s King Richard III, but their DNA testing...
LONDON: After acknowledging that it bungled the response to the biggest Ebola outbreak in history, the World Health Organization is electing a new regional...
LONDON: The World Health Organization bungled efforts to halt the spread of Ebola in West Africa, an internal report revealed Friday, as President Barack...
LONDON: The World Health Organization has admitted that it botched attempts to stop the now-spiraling Ebola outbreak in West Africa, blaming factors including...
The parents of the first baby born from a transplanted womb hope they can be an inspiration to others struggling with infertility - but that's not why they...
LONDON: New estimates from the World Health Organization warn the number of Ebola cases could hit 21,000 in six weeks unless efforts to curb the outbreak are...
LONDON: It may not destroy your soul, but it turns out heavy metal music can be hazardous to your brain. At least in some rare cases.German doctors say they...
LONDON: In the past decade, billions of dollars have been spent trying to save the lives of mothers in developing countries using strategies - usually...
LONDON: Women who often indulge their cravings for hamburgers, steaks and other red meat may have a slightly higher risk of breast cancer, a new study...
LONDON: Doctors in Italy have designed a miniature dialysis machine for babies, used for the first time last year to save a newborn girl, according to a new...