PAHO engages with youth footballers at HealthBulance.

Washington, D.C., 25 July 2025 — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Resolve to Save Lives have renewed their commitment to enhancing epidemic preparedness and response capacities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. This strengthened collaboration follows the recent signing of a comprehensive Framework Agreement between… 08/09/2025

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone. HAT is the second neglected tropical disease (NTD) to be eliminated in Kenya: the country was certified free of Guinea worm disease in 2018. 08/08/2025

Changing how you breathe, gargling water and distracting yourself are all common ways to stop your diaphragm from spasming 08/08/2025

Hot, humid weather can affect your blood sugar levels and even cause dehydration or heat stroke 08/08/2025

You may notice itching, redness and swelling after wearing or using laundered items 08/08/2025

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare/Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (MHLW/PMDA) of Japan, and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the United Kingdom as WHO-Listed Authorities (WLAs), a status granted to national authorities that meet the highest international regulatory standards for medical products. 08/07/2025

Washington, D.C., 6 August 2025 (PAHO/WHO)– As World Breastfeeding Week unfolds under the theme “Prioritize breastfeeding: Create sustainable support systems,” the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF are calling on governments and health systems worldwide to invest in breastfeeding support to improve infant health and development. In… 08/07/2025

Washington, D.C., August 6, 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has released its 2024 country annual reports, outlining the main results of technical cooperation carried out in collaboration with governments and strategic partners across the Americas. These reports highlight concrete results, inspiring stories from the field… 08/06/2025

Geneva, 28 July 2025 (WHO) –As we mark World Hepatitis Day, WHO calls on governments and partners to urgently accelerate efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat and reduce liver cancer deaths."Every 30 seconds, someone dies from a hepatitis-related severe liver disease or liver cancer. Yet we have the tools to stop hepatitis… 08/01/2025

Ontario Health atHome was told by one of its vendors about a cyber incident on April 14, according to new information. It waited until June 27 to begin telling patients. 08/01/2025

As a travelling physician in northern Ontario, Dannica Switzer is acutely aware of the health-care crisis in underserved communities. 08/01/2025

On Friday, Liberal MPP Adil Shamji published a letter which indicated the data of some 200,000 patients using Ontario Health atHome had been compromised in March. 07/02/2025

The move comes on the heels of licences for 57 privately operated MRI, CT scan and endoscopy clinics last week and the expansion of for-profit cataract centres in the province. 07/02/2025

As part of the creation of 57 new privately run facilities — referred to as community surgical and diagnostic centres — Ontario will chip in $155 million over two years. 06/28/2025

Washington, D.C., 25 July 2025 — The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Resolve to Save Lives have renewed their commitment to enhancing epidemic preparedness and response capacities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. This strengthened collaboration follows the recent signing of a comprehensive Framework Agreement between… 08/09/2025

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone. HAT is the second neglected tropical disease (NTD) to be eliminated in Kenya: the country was certified free of Guinea worm disease in 2018. 08/08/2025

Changing how you breathe, gargling water and distracting yourself are all common ways to stop your diaphragm from spasming 08/08/2025

Hot, humid weather can affect your blood sugar levels and even cause dehydration or heat stroke 08/08/2025

You may notice itching, redness and swelling after wearing or using laundered items 08/08/2025

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare/Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (MHLW/PMDA) of Japan, and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the United Kingdom as WHO-Listed Authorities (WLAs), a status granted to national authorities that meet the highest international regulatory standards for medical products. 08/07/2025

Washington, D.C., 6 August 2025 (PAHO/WHO)– As World Breastfeeding Week unfolds under the theme “Prioritize breastfeeding: Create sustainable support systems,” the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF are calling on governments and health systems worldwide to invest in breastfeeding support to improve infant health and development. In… 08/07/2025

Washington, D.C., August 6, 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has released its 2024 country annual reports, outlining the main results of technical cooperation carried out in collaboration with governments and strategic partners across the Americas. These reports highlight concrete results, inspiring stories from the field… 08/06/2025

Geneva, 28 July 2025 (WHO) –As we mark World Hepatitis Day, WHO calls on governments and partners to urgently accelerate efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat and reduce liver cancer deaths."Every 30 seconds, someone dies from a hepatitis-related severe liver disease or liver cancer. Yet we have the tools to stop hepatitis… 08/01/2025

Ontario Health atHome was told by one of its vendors about a cyber incident on April 14, according to new information. It waited until June 27 to begin telling patients. 08/01/2025

As a travelling physician in northern Ontario, Dannica Switzer is acutely aware of the health-care crisis in underserved communities. 08/01/2025

On Friday, Liberal MPP Adil Shamji published a letter which indicated the data of some 200,000 patients using Ontario Health atHome had been compromised in March. 07/02/2025

The move comes on the heels of licences for 57 privately operated MRI, CT scan and endoscopy clinics last week and the expansion of for-profit cataract centres in the province. 07/02/2025

As part of the creation of 57 new privately run facilities — referred to as community surgical and diagnostic centres — Ontario will chip in $155 million over two years. 06/28/2025