Our air quality is affected by nearby environmental factors, as well as ripple effects from thousands of miles away.

The UNHCR spokesperson also highlighted the fact that “heavy artillery shelling and looting” have destroyed 70,000 emergency shelters around Goma and Minova in North and South Kivu provinces, leaving ...

Joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Female genital mutilation (FGM ...

While the idea is still at an “early stage,” $50 billion would be the Geneva-based organization’s target, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a Feb. 12 news ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned over the impact of US funding cuts on critical global health initiatives, warning they pose a direct threat to public health efforts worldwide.

By Emily Eakin Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes. A new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right ...

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” a rare-book collector sets out to “investigate” a group of overlooked female writers. By Sadie Stein Edmund White seems to hold nothing back in his ...

In Kwame Alexander’s new verse novel and Karen L. Swanson’s nonfiction picture book, Black girls pursue their dreams of playing big-league baseball.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has announced the allocation of an additional $2 million to strengthen Uganda's response to an ongoing Ebola outbreak. The move ...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the release of additional $2 million to support Uganda’s effort to fight the ongoing Ebola outbreak ...