Health & Safety

The United Nations AIDS program says progress is stalling on ending HIV/AIDS as a public health crisis by 2030 and action is needed to get it back on track.The UNAIDS program issued its assessment in a new report pointing to recent data that showed 1.5...

The United Nations said that three of its peacekeepers were killed in ongoing anti-U.N. protests that turned violent in eastern Congo on Tuesday, while several civilians were also killed in the violence."At the MONUSCO Butembo base today, violent attac...

A Democratic Republic of Congo government spokesman said at least five people were killed and 50 wounded during protests against a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the eastern city of Goma on Monday.Congolese government spokesman Patrick Muyaya announced t...

The spread of monkeypox in the U.S. could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease, though some health officials say the virus that causes pimple-like bumps might yet be contained before it gets firmly established.Experts don't agree on...

U.S. aid officials are calling on countries in the Horn of Africa to speak out against the Russian government's blockade of Ukrainian ports, which have held back grain exports needed to feed millions of hungry people in the region. Officials also are p...

An unvaccinated young adult from New York recently contracted polio, the first U.S. case in nearly a decade, health officials said Thursday.Officials said the patient, who lives in Rockland County, had developed paralysis. The person developed symptoms...

GENEVA— The World Health Organization will reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on Thursday to decide whether the outbreak now constitutes a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound.A second meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee ...

Preparations are underway for the mass rollout of the world’s first malaria vaccine to protect millions of children in Africa.The rollout is being funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, for nearly $160 million.The World Health Organization said Gavi’s m...