Dr Abdirahman Mahamud, Director, Health Emergency Alert and Response Operations at the World Health Organization (WHO), who returned last week from one…
Organisations warn many more people could be executed in the wake of the anti-government protests which swept Iran earlier this…
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…
Almost a quarter of adults in England do not drink alcohol, according to new figures from a government-backed NHS health…
Caroline HawleyDiplomatic correspondentESOHREgyptian fisherman Issam al-Shazly was executed on Tuesday after being convicted of drug-related chargesSaudi Arabia has surpassed its…
An alarming 3.3 million children — the highest number on record — are now in need of humanitarian assistance and…
The committee which organised Syria's first parliamentary elections since the fall of Bashar al-Assad has acknowledged "significant shortcomings", after results…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editorGetty ImagesMore than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new…
A third of children under five are living in UK homes where this is not enough access to healthy and…
“Measles is back, and it’s a wake-up call,” warned Dr. Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for…