In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold processing ...

The quickest way to separate gold from rock, Sadio Camara says, is with a drop of mercury. She empties a dime-sized packet of ...

The report, released ahead of the Seventy-eight World Health Assembly (19–27 May 2025), presents a mid-term assessment of WHO's performance in implementing the Programme budget 2024–2025, providing a ...

Asata’s war experience would make anyone cry. In 1996, when she was 22 years old, Asata says a group of five older rebels ...

An international study has found that young adults in low- and middle-income countries who are sex workers, gay men, ...

If you walk through your local pharmacy or supermarket you’re bound to come across probiotics and prebiotics. They’re added ...

Open Letter to the World Press Water constitutes a significant portion of the human body, ranging from 55% to 70%. A large ...

A global study estimates that exposure to the plastic additive DEHP caused over 356,000 heart disease deaths in 2018, with ...

Even critics of the global health organization say that the United States' withdrawal won’t solve pressing problems.

The World Food Programme, a U.N. agency and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is facing cuts in its budget that experts are ...

The World Health Organization plans to officially back the use of weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults for the first ...

The United Nations is considering a massive overhaul that would merge major departments and shift resources across the globe, ...