Female mosquitoes are targeted because only they bite and drink blood, thereby spreading diseases such as malaria and dengue ...

Rising cases of common respiratory illnesses in China and elsewhere around the Northern Hemisphere are within the range ...

As China experiences a rise in respiratory infections this winter, one little-known virus has gotten a lot of attention – and ...

The World Health Organization has released a statement on the reported outbreak of human metapneumovirus in China and elsewhere.

The World Health Organization has said that the metapneumovirus (hMPV) that caused the outbreak in China is not a new virus, ...

The Trump administration may undermine U.S. leadership and the international system of global health cooperation. Pandemic preparedness, resilient health systems and reproductive rights will suffer wo ...

An awkward question remains five years after COVID-19 began its deadly rampage: is the world ready to handle the next ...

The World Health Organization says the risk of bird flu "remains low" to the general population despite a death from the ...

Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related to the whipworm parasite. However, it is significantly more resistant to treatment.

Five years since Covid-19 started upending the world, the virus is still infecting and killing people across the globe -- ...

There is no “safe amount of alcohol consumption,” researchers from the World Health Organization advise. Drinking as few as ...

The researchers found that loneliness directly influences the levels of five specific proteins. Four of these proteins are ...