"Unprecedented rise in cholera" forces "last-resort" vaccine policy

As "floods, droughts, conflict" and other factors make out breaks "more numerous, more widespread and more severe," officials shift to a one-dose strategy.

• Oct 20, 2022

WHO warns world to get active — or risk developing serious illness

A report from the World Health Organization found that 500 million people will develop diseases if they don't increase their physical activity.

• Oct 19, 2022

Uganda is racing to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak

Officials say the current outbreak of Sudan ebolavirus may be to blame for at least 23 deaths, and one expert tells CBS News he sees it "getting worse before it gets better."

• Sep 29, 2022

WHO director: COVID "end is in sight"

The director of the World Health Organization says the end of the COVID-19 pandemic "is in sight." Dr. David Agus discusses what the future may look like for boosters, infections and deaths.

• Sep 16, 2022
• 03:21

COVID deaths are at lowest point since March 2020, WHO says

At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world has never been in a better position to stop COVID-19.

• Sep 14, 2022

As Monkeypox eases in the West, Africa, yet again, is left behind

"Africa is still not benefiting from either monkeypox vaccines or the antiviral treatments," says one expert, lamenting the latest risky case of medical inequity.

• Sep 14, 2022

9/6: Face The Nation

This week on "Face the Nation", as the fall presidential campaign season kicks off, the country faces unprecedented challenges and the candidates work to convince, distract and excite voters.

• Sep 6, 2020
• 47:06

Waterborne diseases spreading among flood victims in Pakistan

The U.N. children's agency said more than 3 million children were in need of humanitarian assistance and stood at heightened risk of diseases, drowning and malnutrition.

• Sep 1, 2022

Expert discusses COVID-19 origins, vaccine

A Wall Street Journal report says lab researchers in Wuhan, China, sought hospital care for "symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illness" in November 2019, a month before the first case of coronavirus was officially confirmed there. Dr. Jessica Justman, senior technical director at ICAP and associate professor of medicine in epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, joins "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with her reaction, plus insights into reports of heart problems in a small number of vaccinated young adults.

• May 24, 2021
• 07:42

Doctor on monkeypox outbreak, vaccine supply

The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a global emergency, and the White House says the federal government is considering a similar declaration. Jericka Duncan spoke with Dr. Celine Gounder on "CBS News Mornings" about what this designation means and what she thinks the U.S. government should be doing about the outbreak.

• Jul 25, 2022
• 05:11

WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency

The World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency.

• Jul 23, 2022

Monkeypox cases jump 77% in a week, WHO reports

The agency said nine additional countries had reported cases.

• Jul 7, 2022

Doctor on growing concerns about monkeypox

The World Health Organization says it does not currently consider monkeypox a global health emergency despite a growing number of cases in Europe and the U.S. Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist and editor-at-large for public health at Kaiser Health News, joins CBS News' John Dickerson to discuss what needs to be done to address the outbreak.

• Jun 27, 2022
• 06:11

WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency

More than 3,300 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed to date in 42 countries where the virus hasn't been typically seen.

• Jun 23, 2022

WHO to rename monkeypox as it studies possible sexual transmission

The global health agency has already said the virus can be transmitted through close physical contact. Officials and patients caution against stigmatizing any group.

• Jun 15, 2022

Air pollution slashing 10 years off life expectancy in India's capital, study says

Billions living in the world's top four most polluted countries — all of them in South Asia — could be facing a life shortening impact of air pollution.

• Jun 14, 2022

WHO "remains open" to COVID lab leak theory as "key" data still missing

A WHO advisor laments China "still refusing to share essential raw data" and grant access to Wuhan labs. Beijing calls the lab leak theory "a lie," but says U.S. labs should be probed.

• Jun 10, 2022

WHO "not concerned" about monkeypox becoming pandemic

More than 430 cases of monkeypox have been identified worldwide since the beginning of the month.

• May 31, 2022

650 cases of severe hepatitis in kids reported since April, WHO says

The cases, which have so far puzzled health officials, have been reported in 33 different countries since early April.

• May 28, 2022

China defends "zero-COVID" strategy

China is doubling down on its "zero-COVID" strategy that's forcing millions to stay isolated in their homes. Lawrence Gostin, a professor at Georgetown University, Founding O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law, and director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law spoke with CBS News anchor Tanya Rivero about how China is handling the pandemic.

• May 12, 2022
• 03:13

Mystery liver disease kills 3 more children after "significant increase" in cases

This severe strain of acute hepatitis has been identified in nearly 170 children across 11 countries in recent weeks.

• May 3, 2022

CDC investigating unusual hepatitis in kids

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization are investigating unusual cases of severe hepatitis in otherwise healthy children in the U.S. and Europe. CBS News' chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook joins "CBS Mornings" with the latest on the investigation.

• Apr 25, 2022
• 04:41

Health officials investigate mysterious increase in severe liver infection among kids

No deaths have been reported, the WHO said.

• Apr 15, 2022

Watching for new COVID variants in wildlife "now critical," CDC says

The agency recently reversed recommendations against routine surveillance of the virus in wildlife, as officials huddle to strategize over the potential threat.

• Apr 11, 2022

99% of the world is breathing poor-quality air, WHO says

That air is often rife with particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs, enter the veins and arteries, and cause disease.

• Apr 4, 2022

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