The World Health Organization issued an urgent call for action on Tuesday to prevent a repeat of an epidemic of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus that swept the globe two decades ago, as new outbreaks linked to the Indian Ocean region spread to Europe and other continents.

The World Health Organization say that their staff residence in Deir al Balah, Gaza, has been attacked three times by the IDF after Israeli military entered the premises.

Staff stripped, kids marched out. The World Health Organization accuses Israel of deliberately targeting its Gaza compound. Plus, a quarter-million documents on Dr. King's death will now become public.

The latest surge began in early 2025, with severe outbreaks in the same Indian Ocean islands that had previously been affected, notably La Reunion, Mayotte, and Mauritius.

World Health Organization staff and their families were stripped and interrogated at gunpoint as they sheltered from an Israeli offensive in central Gaza.

The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday a major chikungunya virus epidemic risks sweeping around the globe, calling for urgent action to prevent it.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has repeated its call for the release of an employee detained by the Israeli military following attacks on a WHO guesthouse and its main warehouse in Deir Al-Balah,

Amid rising tensions, the World Health Organization's residence and main warehouse in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, experienced three attacks on Monday. Two staff members and their families were detained, with only one member still in custody.

The United States has rejected amendments adopted in 2024 by members of the World Health Organization to its legally binding health rules aimed at improving preparedness for future pandemics following the disjointed global response to COVID-19.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reinforced its support to Tanzania’s post-Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) recovery by handing over essential medical equipment worth over TZS 112 million to health authorities in Biharamulo District, one of the areas most affected by the outbreak.