Ireland is prepared to stop coronavirus being passed on to the rest of the population, says the Department of Health chief medical officer.

The Government is advising citizens whose presence in China is "not essential" to leave the country.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned that Ireland needs to accelerate progress towards clean energy and environmentally-friendly transport options.

A price-hiking "meat tax" could prevent about 220,000 deaths and save more than €35 billion in healthcare costs around the world each year, according to researchers.

A new report shows we've repeatedly breached air pollution standards set by the World Health Organisation.

Why is running so tortuous one day and enjoyable the next? The latest Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report, ‘Air Quality in Ireland 2016’, provides some insight, writes Catherine Shanahan

The head of the World Health Organisation has today rescinded his previous decision to appoint of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe as a "goodwill ambassador".

Food companies are being targeted by the World Health Organisation in a major drive to tackle childhood obesity around the world.

A former Ethiopian health minister has been elected to lead the World Health Organisation.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has joined the chorus of concern at the steep decline in uptake rates in Ireland for the HPV vaccine, which helps protect against cervical cancer.

Children in Ireland are smoking less, drinking less, and communicating with their parents more, according to the latest State of the Nation’s Children report.

Thai authorities have confirmed that two cases of babies with microcephaly were caused by the Zika virus - marking the first time the link has been made in south-east Asia.

More than five months after US president Barack Obama requested $1.9bn (€1.7bn) to fight the Zika epidemic, members of Congress are going home to July 4 barbecues without approving a spending bill.

The World Health Organisation is increasingly concerned about the Zika virus but does not recommend cancelling or postponing the Olympic Games in Brazil this summer.

The World Health Organisation says Ebola no longer qualifies as an international health emergency.

Women in countries hit by the Zika virus should breastfeed their babies and there is no proof the virus can spread to their infants that way, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

More than €100bn worth of medicines in circulation worldwide are fakes, bringing death to some patients and delaying recovery for others.

Adult rating would protect children from glamourisation of act

The World Health Organisation has declared an international emergency over the explosive spread of the mosquito-borne zika virus, which is linked to birth defects in the Americas, saying it is an “extraordinary event”.

The World Health Organisation has begun a crisis meeting considering whether the explosive spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus – which is linked to birth defects in the Americas – should be declared a global health emergency.

The World Health Organisation has said it is convening an emergency committee on Monday to decide if the Zika virus outbreak should be declared an international health emergency.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked the Syrian government for permission to send mobile clinics and medical teams to the besieged town of Madaya to assess the extent of malnutrition and evacuate the worst cases, its representative said.

SINCE its creation in 1948 the World Health Organization has played a leading role in the elimination or containment of deadly diseases like smallpox, tuberculosis, malaria and HIV/AIDS.