WHO sees no autism links to Tylenol, vaccines
World 16:29 24/09/2025GENEVA -- Neither the painkiller Tylenol nor vaccines have been shown to cause autism, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, following comments from the US president and his administration to the contrary.
WHO backs weight-loss drugs for obesity and urges change in mindset
World 15:24 16/09/2025LONDON - The World Health Organization will recommend using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults, according to draft guidance from the agency that urged countries to take the condition seriously as a chronic disease.
Informing parents not enough to fight childhood obesity: study
World 16:40 11/09/2025Government-led programs attempting to curb childhood obesity by educating parents do not work, an international study published Thursday concluded, and researchers are calling for policies that prioritise society-wide solutions.
WHO adds GLP-1 drugs for diabetes, others to essential medicines list
World 10:10 06/09/2025LONDON -- The World Health Organization has added GLP-1 drugs to treat diabetes to its essential medicines list, alongside treatments for cystic fibrosis and cancer, and said it hopes this will improve global access to the costly drugs.
Donors pledge over $170mn to WHO ahead of US exit
World 09:44 21/05/2025GENEVA -- China, Qatar, Switzerland and others pledged over $170 million for the World Health Organization at its assembly on Tuesday, the agency said, and countries also accepted higher fees to help offset the expected loss of the U.S., the top donor.
World Health Organization members vote in favour of global pandemic agreement
World 12:28 20/05/2025GENEVA - Members of the World Health Organization voted emphatically in favour of a potentially groundbreaking global treaty on improving pandemic preparedness at the World Health Assembly on Monday.
World Health Organization looks ahead to life without the US
World 18:20 18/05/2025Hundreds of officials from the World Health Organization will join donors and diplomats in Geneva from Monday with one question dominating their thoughts - how to cope with crises from mpox to cholera without their main funder, the United States.
COVID-19 still under control in Vietnam amid rising cases in Thailand
Vietnam News 16:18 14/05/2025Amid surging COVID-19 cases in Thailand, Vietnam still keeps the virus at bay with 148 cases and no deaths logged across 27 provinces and cities since early this year, according to the Ministry of Health.
WHO to back use of weight-loss drugs for adults globally, raises cost issue
World 13:56 02/05/2025LONDON - 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 showed, marking a shift in its approach to treating the global health problem.
Gates, others launch $500 million maternal, newborn health fund, bucking aid cuts trend
World 18:17 29/04/2025A group of philanthropies including the Gates Foundation has set up a fund backed with nearly $500 million to help save the lives of newborn babies and mothers in sub-Saharan Africa, standing out against a bleak global health funding landscape.
WHO announces 'significant' layoffs amid US funding cuts
World 10:02 23/04/2025Geneva -- The World Health Organization chief said Tuesday that operations and jobs would be slashed as US funding cuts had left the UN agency with a budget hole of several hundred million dollars.
Trump's White House launches COVID website that criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden
World 10:13 20/04/2025Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's White House launched a COVID-19 website on Friday in which it blamed the origins of the coronavirus on a lab leak in China while criticizing Democratic former President Joe Biden, former top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci and the World Health Organization.
