As the U.S. flu season winds down, health officials say the flu vaccine didn’t work very well. It had one of its worst effectiveness rates in more than a decade.

While waging war on Iran, Israel is blocking medical trips into and out of Gaza, putting vulnerable patients at risk.

WHO’s director of antimicrobial resistance, Dr Yvan Hutin, says science needs to catch up with drug-resistant bacteria.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered five vials of botulism antitoxin to Vietnam to support three patients who are in a critical condition. After receiving an alert from national ...

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By linking NASA climate data with disease surveillance, the health agency is building a future where outbreaks are caught ...

WHO recommends strains 2026 for Northern Hemisphere flu vaccines, updating all three viral strains to improve protection against emerging variants.

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced recommendations for the viral composition of influenza (or "flu") vaccines for the 2026-2027 northern hemisphere influenza season.