Some 2.6 billion people in 79 countries are covered by smoke-free policies in indoor public places, the WHO reports.

With bodies as thin as skeletons, children Mohammed, Razan, and Amal lie in hospitals in the Gaza Strip, exhausted by ...

Should taxpayers around the globe, who dare to take part in activities like smoking and drinking, pay even more in taxes to ...

The World Health Organization is pushing countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50% over the ...

A new report from the World Health Organization commission on social connections shows that loneliness exacerbates chances of deaths among people. The report says that loneliness is responsible for an ...

The World Health Organization is pushing countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50% over the next 10 years through taxation, its strongest backing yet for so-called ...

Everyone feels lonely sometimes—but when that feeling lingers, it can silently erode our health and happiness. The World Health Organization (WHO) now warns that chronic loneliness affects one in six ...

A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN , has revealed that loneliness is responsible for more than 871,000 deaths worldwide each year- meaning over 100 lives lost every ...

One in six people worldwide is affected by loneliness, with significant impacts on health and well-being, a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Connection has ...

Suriname has become the first Amazonian country to eliminate malaria after 70 years of fighting the mosquito-borne disease, ...

One in six people are affected by loneliness, with significant implications for health and well-being, according to a new ...