Topic: Margaret Chan

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns that a "nightmare bacteria" resistant to most antibiotics is showing up in parts of the United States.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia will be the first African to lead the World Health Organization following his election Tuesday as director-general.

The World Health Organization's director-general warned of escalating cases of bird flu around the world.

Countries around the world need to work harder to combat tuberculosis infections and deaths, a new World Health Organization report says.

England, France and Australia will require standard, plain packaging for cigarettes, the first of several countries considering a WHO proposal to do so.

A group of 150 health experts released a letter calling for the summer Olympic games to be postponed or moved from Rio de Janeiro over fears of the Zika virus.

About one in 11 people has type 1 or type 2 diabetes, a number the World Health Organization expects to get worse, the agency says in a new report.

The World Health Organization on Monday sounded an alarm over the recent outbreak of the Zika virus, calling the spread an international health emergency.

A WHO emergency committee will meet to discuss how to handle the Zika virus, which is spreading quickly and is linked to thousands of cases of microcephaly.

The White House on Tuesday announced a plan to combat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, which is responsible for 1.5 million annual deaths worldwide.