Health Obesity kills 1.2 million people in Europe every year, WHO says Rates of being overweight or obese have more than doubled in Europe since the 1970s, the UN health agency said. 04/05/2022
Health Three more children die in unexplained acute hepatitis outbreak The unexplained cases of liver inflammation have led to at least 17 liver transplants and four deaths among patients aged under 16. 02/05/2022
Health At least one child has died from mystery Hepatitis outbreak, WHO says Health authorities are investigating the possible cause of an outbreak of 'acute hepatitis of unknown origin' that has claimed at least one life. 25/04/2022
Health WHO confirms efficacy of 'game changer' single dose HPV vaccine The findings could help to speed up the rollout of HPV vaccines in poorer countries where coverage is limited. 19/04/2022
Health Mysterious spike in hepatitis in children sees cases around Europe Last week, health authorities warned countries to be on the alert following a spike in cases of hepatitis of unknown origin in children in the UK. 19/04/2022
Ukraine WHO chief uses Ukraine war to question racial equality "I don't know if the world really gives equal attention to black and white lives," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. 14/04/2022
Health 'People need to see the climate crisis as a health crisis' The mother of a London girl killed by air pollution wants the world to finally ditch fossil fuels and "clean up the air". 07/04/2022
Green News 99% of world's population breathes poor-quality air Air quality is poorest in WHO's Eastern Mediterranean and Southeast Asia regions, followed by Africa. 04/04/2022
world news COVID cases rising after countries 'abruptly' eased measures, says WHO Dr Hans Kluge has said that he remains "vigilant but optimistic" about the pandemic situation in Europe. 22/03/2022
world news Global COVID deaths 'estimated to be three times higher than reported' Researchers say that more than 18 million people have probably died because of the coronavirus. 11/03/2022
Ukraine Attacks on hospitals and ambulances in Ukraine 'increasing rapidly' The World Health Organization has confirmed 16 separate attacks on Ukrainian healthcare facilities since 24 February. 08/03/2022
Health The other pandemic: Obesity set to hit 1 billion people by 2030 Obesity rates around the world are soaring and governments are failing to tackle the issue as a systemic problem, health campaigners warn. 04/03/2022
world news COVID in Europe: France to scrap face masks and vaccine passes Here is our summary of the latest pandemic situation across the continent. 03/03/2022
View Europe's refugees and migrants deserve better health outcomes | View "To make better health a reality for refugees and migrants as for everyone else, we need an honest and transparent conversation with everyone represented at the table." 16/02/2022
Switzerland Rich countries should pay €14 billion urgently to end pandemic — WHO "Science gave us the tools to fight COVID-19; if they are shared globally in solidarity, we can end COVID-19 as a global health emergency this year," said the World Health Organization's chief. 09/02/2022
world news World Cancer Day: EU pledges 'decisive action' to tackle disease Eastern member states tend to have a higher death rate from cancer than their western counterparts. 04/02/2022
World Europe could be moving towards 'a kind of pandemic endgame', says WHO Europe could be moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame, said WHO's Europe director Hans Kluge. But, he added, it is too early to call COVID an endemic. 24/01/2022
world news Pandemic is 'nowhere near over', World Health Organization warns The pandemic is "nowhere near over" and new variants are likely to continue emerging after Omicron, the World Health Organization warned. 18/01/2022
World Omicron exposed European health care systems' flaws, experts claim Two years into the pandemic, Omicron's effect on medical facilities has many reevaluating the resilience of public health systems that are considered essential to providing equal care. 16/01/2022
World Omicron in Europe is 'a west-to-east tidal wave', says WHO Omicron is "quickly becoming the dominant virus in western Europe and is now spreading in the Balkans", said Dr Hans Kluge, regional director for WHO Europe. 11/01/2022
Health Omicron may be 105% more transmissible than Delta, new research says The Omicron COVID variant has been spreading rapidly around the world since it was first identified at the end of November. 07/01/2022
World Omicron is 'killing people' and should not be called 'mild', WHO warns A record 9.5 million COVID-19 infections were reported across the world over the previous week — a 71% increase on the previous seven-day period. 07/01/2022
World WHO chief warns 'tsunami' of COVID cases could collapse health systems The World Health Organization said in its weekly epidemiological report that the “overall risk” related to the omicron variant “remains very high.” 29/12/2021
World COVID booster dose campaigns will not end pandemic, WHO says The World Health Organization gave a briefing on COVID-19 as the highly transmissible Omicron variant spreads ahead of the festive holidays. 22/12/2021
World Get vaccinated even if you've had COVID before, urges WHO Europe It comes with Europe in the midst of another wave of COVID, driven in some countries by the more transmissible Omicron variant. 22/12/2021
World COVID booster jab 'most important defence' against Omicron, WHO says Dr Kluge stressed warned last week that as Europe goes into the holiday season, it will be dealing "with two highly transmissible variants." 21/12/2021
