According to a report published by the World Health Organization, Glyphosate has been included in the list of chemicals, which are ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’. The substance is the most widely used herbicide across the world. It has also been recognized as a substance, which causes damage to the human DNA and could lead to cancer.

World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) along with the backing of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) will have a joint Climate and Health office so as to promote the synchronized development and use of climate services to improve public health.

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in Sierra Leone said there have been 73 passings as an aftereffect of 254 affirmed instances of the Ebola infection.

There are 92 patients presently in medication focuses, the service said today in a messaged explanation.

The World Health Organization has come up with a new report on air qualities in cities across the world. The new Urban Air Quality database has presented a stark reality of the world as majority of the cities failed to meet the WHO's guidelines safe levels.

The World Health Organization has said in a report that bacteria have been developing resistance against common antibiotic medicine in every region of the world. If urgent action is not taken, the time will not be far away when people will again begin to die from common illnesses, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's assistant director-general for health security.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled that Philippines is having the maximum cases of dengue in the Western Pacific.

Dr. Mark Jacobs, WHO director for communicable diseases, made the above mentioned statement at an event of the Asian Development Bank. While affirming the same, Mr. Jacobs has named some of the countries that are having the highest number of dengue cases.

The Breastfeeding week is about to start and according to a report produced by World Health Organization, only 19% countries of 199 countries in the world subscribe to the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes.

Considering this, a law has been passed for integrating all Code's recommendations.