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 Palestinians search for missing people under the rubble after an Israeli air strike on a house belonging to the Abu Anza family, in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on March 3, 2024

Israel's health minister accuses WHO director-general of being 'Hamas puppet'

A CHILD with measles.

More than half the world faces high measles risk, WHO says

By REUTERS
 Cigarette boxes with an affixed, self-made cigarette label displaying graphic images (R) and those with the original label are pictured in the shop of tobacconist and kiosk owner Janine Schulzki in Berlin

Coming soon in Israel: Graphic warnings of smoking damage on cigarette packets

If you need surgery, it may be time to quit smoking (illustrative)

Worldwide smoking is on the decline - except Israel - report

 Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2

Hundreds of Israelis contract new COVID sub-variant JN.1

 Tents and shelters used by displaced Palestinians stand at the yard of Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023

Gaza's Al Shifa hospital a 'bloodbath' says WHO

By REUTERS
 A nurse draws a blood sample for an HIV test at the lab of the NGO "Accion Solidaria" (Solidarity Action) in Caracas, Venezuela, November 28, 2018. Picture taken November 28, 2018.

On World AIDS Day, rising HIV rates in Israel

Destroyed buildings lay in ruin in Gaza, as seen from southern Israel, during the temporary truce between Hamas and Israel, November 25, 2023

Disease could be bigger killer than bombs in Gaza - WHO

By REUTERS
Dr. Roni Eichel

Jerusalem neurologist leads forum initiative to counter misinformation on Israel

 People wearing masks pass by portraits of Chinese President Xi Jinping, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Shanghai, China, August 31, 2022

WHO asks China for details on outbreak of mysterious respiratory illness

By REUTERS
 A satellite image shows Al-Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza November 11, 2023.

UN human rights chief says disease, hunger 'inevitable' in Gaza

By REUTERS
Person holding needle 311

New, temperature-controlled needle can prevent injuries, disease - report

 EU FOREIGN Policy Chief Josep Borrell addresses a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, last week. Borrell has condemned Israel, claiming there is no evidence of wrong-doing by the seven NGOs closed by Israel.

Israel faces growing calls for pause in Gaza war as Borrell arrives

Newly elected Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland

A child killed on average every 10 minutes in Gaza, says WHO chief

By REUTERS
Measles virus cells concept as microscopic infectious disease inside a human body (illustration)

Monkeypox virus mutating, posing new threats to public health – study

Health Minister Uriel Bosso meets with WHO’s Dr. Hans Kluge, November 2023

Israel Health Min. praises WHO official who criticized Hamas

 Smoke rises over Gaza, as seen from Israel's border with Gaza, in southern Israel October 30, 2023

WHO warns of Gaza public health catastrophe as UN says aid inadequate

A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021.

WHO makes multinational appeal to raise money for Palestinians