A leading expert in the health impacts of plastic pollution and microplastics is calling on the UN to end the use of toxic ...

Hand-washing works One major point the COVID-19 pandemic helped drive home is how important it is to wash your hands. Washing ...

Before you scoff at the notion you're not washing your hands properly, watch chef Gordon Ramsay break down the correct steps ...

Fourteen studies assessed the success of different combinations of strategies recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to improve hand hygiene compliance.

The Novo Nordisk Foundation says it will step in and help plug financial gaps for the World Health Organization (WHO), following the withdrawal of US state funding. The Danish foundation, described as ...

On World Refugee Day, the message is clear: ensuring health access for forcibly displaced Afghans is not only a moral imperative but a public health necessity.

News about World Health Organization, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

If you think poor oral hygiene results only in cavities and bad breath, you are in the dark, the consequences can also involve gastrointestinal issues.