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Ebola in DR Congo: first month of outbreak sees record number of cases – UN humanitarians

Dr Abdirahman Mahamud, Director, Health Emergency Alert and Response Operations at the World Health Organization (WHO), who returned last week from one…

1 month ago

Iran carried out highest number of executions in decades

Organisations warn many more people could be executed in the wake of the anti-government protests which swept Iran earlier this…

3 months ago

Somalia: Number of people going hungry nearly doubles in a year

More than 1.8 million children under five are also at risk of acute malnutrition between now and June, according to latest analysis published on Tuesday by the IPC food…

5 months ago

Growing number of adults avoid booze, NHS survey suggests

Almost a quarter of adults in England do not drink alcohol, according to new figures from a government-backed NHS health…

6 months ago

Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in 2025

Caroline HawleyDiplomatic correspondentESOHREgyptian fisherman Issam al-Shazly was executed on Tuesday after being convicted of drug-related chargesSaudi Arabia has surpassed its…

7 months ago

Haiti: ‘Unprecedented’ number of children on the run

An alarming 3.3 million children — the highest number on record — are now in need of humanitarian assistance and…

10 months ago

Syria acknowledges ‘shortcomings’ in number of seats won by women at election

The committee which organised Syria's first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad has acknowledged "significant shortcomings", after results…

10 months ago

Alarming number of people now vape, says WHO

Michelle RobertsDigital health editorGetty ImagesMore than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new…

10 months ago

Rise in number of people in the UK facing hunger says charity

A third of children under five are living in UK homes where this is not enough access to healthy and…

11 months ago

Europe grapples with highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years

“Measles is back, and it’s a wake-up call,” warned Dr. Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for…

1 year ago