The quest for polio eradication is faltering, with millions of children still unvaccinated and insufficient funds available to finish the job, the official monitoring group says in a new report.
A report out of the University of Calgary suggests reducing sodium levels in food will save the health-care system billions of dollars.
Researchers say that rising rates of overweight and obesity — especially in the U.S. — will threaten the world's food security and environmental resources.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries to better protect people with mental health conditions, as the Geneva-based organization launched a tool kit to assess and stop violations to their rights and dignity.
World Health Organization member states have designated June 14th, also the birthday of Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian biologist and physician who created the A-B-O blood group system, as World Blood Donor Day.
The carbon fumes that come out of the automobiles that runs all across the globe pose a significant effect on environment. It is a known fact that the carbon footprint of humans has increased over leaps and bounds in the past decade.
Authorities in Indonesia are facing a problem in implementing anti-smoking programmes, partly because many people still refuse to believe that smoking is bad for health.
World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the sexually transmitted disease strain is indeed spreading and has been found in patients in Australia, France, Norway, Sweden and Britain.