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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

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

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

Dr. Roni Eichel

Jerusalem neurologist leads forum initiative to counter misinformation on Israel

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

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

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

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

By TOVAH LAZAROFF , REUTERS

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

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Israel Health Min. praises WHO official who criticized Hamas

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

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

By TOVAH LAZAROFF , REUTERS

WHO makes multinational appeal to raise money for Palestinians

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dr. Asher Shalmon

Israeli Health Ministry professional chosen for WHO Executive Committee

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Israeli Health Ministry denounces World Health Organization for not condemning Hamas

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

THE ASHALIM solar power station in the Negev desert shown in this illustrative photo, provides 121 megawatt of electricity, equivalent to 2% of the Israeli consumption. Developing solar fields will employ 10,000 Bedouin and create 5,000 MW of clean power, the writer says.

Our greatest sin is emissions: We must repent for climate change - opinion

By YOSEF ISRAEL ABRAMOWITZ

A view shows destroyed buildings, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya September 18, 2023.

Climate change kills 250,000 people every year, experts say

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuhan outbreak

WHO pushes China to help reveal the truth on the origins of COVID

By REUTERS

Moderna says updated COVID vaccine is effective against newer variant

By REUTERS