An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza is rapidly spreading across North America, affecting both animals and humans. Scientists ...

To cheerleaders, this was hopeful applause. The WHO boss, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, congratulated governments on a “victory ...

World Health Organization (WHO) member countries adopted a new treaty on May 20, 2025, to improve international coordination ...

The Conversation asked Nicole Hassoun, a professor at Binghamton University and executive director of Global Health Impact, to explain the pandemic accord, its prospects for advancing global health, ...

"The operation was a success but the patient died" is an old trope in medicine. Similarly, epidemics and pandemics can be ...

Global health forums like the World Health Assembly, where the pandemic agreement was recently approved, need to fully ...

The first death caused by H5N1 bird flu was reported in January 2025. Some believe the virus could eventually pose a ...

The negotiations for a global pandemic treaty began in December 2021, at a time when the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 was ...

The World Health Organization's member countries have approved an agreement to better prevent, prepare for and respond to ...

Over 50% of Africa’s generics, nearly 47% of the US’s generic demand, and approximately 25% of the UK’s medicine needs are ...

On March 20, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world's first pandemic agreement after three years of ...

US negotiators stepped away from the process after President Donald Trump initiated a formal withdrawal from the WHO upon ...