The World Health Organization is the international body responsible for public health. Known as the WHO, it is part of the United Nations and was established in 1948. It is involved in many ...

President Donald Trump said he was open to potentially rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO), just days after he signed a Day One executive order that withdrew the U.S. from the ...

including the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, define adult obesity as a BMI of 30 or greater and overweight as a BMI between 25 and 29.9. Recently, an ...

Much attention has rightly been placed on how to fill the World Health Organization’s funding gap if and when the US withdraws. Kent Buse and colleagues argue that President Trump’s idea to establish ...

On the first day of his second administration, President Donald Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations health agency. He ...

The gold standard for diagnosing myocardial infarction has been the World Health Organization definition, which requires any 2 of 3 criteria: ischemic symptoms, electrocardiographic changes ...

Obesity needs a new definition, argues a global group of health experts. For over 75 years, obesity has been called a disease by the World Health Organization. But the label is hotly debated.

President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder. For the two-year budget ending in 2025, the U.S. is projected to be ...

Trump withdraws US from WHO, obesity measurement overhaul, exercise benefits neurons, and more health updates in one place.

The World Health Organization is the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations system. The objective of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the ...

The World Health Organization says the disease "that plagued pharaohs" now belongs to Egypt's history. The health ministry says there are at least 46 cases in the east African country. Tanzania is ...