DR Congo: WHO helping to improve treatment as Ebola deaths pass 3,000

10 Sep 2026
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed more than three thousand people, making it the country’s deadliest recorded outbreak. Official figures report 6,186 infections and 3,007 deaths, with…

France and other countries: record-breaking heatwave

26 Jun 2026
A record-breaking heatwave has gripped much of western Europe, bringing exceptionally high temperatures, power outages and growing safety concerns. France has been among the worst affected, recording its hottest day and night since…

Global health emergency: monkeypox

28 Jul 2022
WHO has declared monkeypox a global health emergency. The first case was in a child in 1970. Since then, outbreaks were small and traceable to an individual returning from a country with monkeypox.…