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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
GRIM FIGURES

Measles Outbreak Hits Terrifying Historic Record

U.S. measles cases have hit a 35-year record, according to Johns Hopkins University’s measles tracker.

Isabel van Brugen

World Health Organization's (WHO) workers
'FLASHING RED'

'Deadliest' Virus Warning Issued as Outbreak Spreads Fast

The International Rescue Committee urged global health groups to act quickly.

Isabel van Brugen

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on State of the Union
JUST TRUST ME

CDC Acting Director Flails When Quizzed on Rat Virus Cruise

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya seemed to struggle to form full sentences when asked about the agency’s plan.

Katie Francis

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HORROR ON BOARD

Three Dead in Suspected Cruise Ship Hantavirus Outbreak

The World Health Organization has confirmed one hantavirus case on an Atlantic cruise, with five more under investigation.

Katie Francis

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S., February 27, 2026.
ARMAGEDDON OUTTA HERE

Panicked Officials Preparing for Trump’s War Going Nuclear

The World Health Organization hopes the conflict does not escalate into the “worst-case scenario.”

Ewan Palmer

MONROVIA, LIBERIA - OCTOBER 03:  A World Health Organization (WHO), instructor teaches new health workers during a training session on October 3, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia. The WHO is training some 400 new health workers in two-week courses for the Liberian Ministry of Health. Many of the new health workers will be stationed in some of th 17 Ebola treatment units to be built by the U.S. military.  (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
NIGHTMARE BACTERIA

WHO Issues Scary Warning About Soaring Spread of Superbugs

The skyrocketing number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is growing beyond what modern medicine can deal with.

Tom Sanders

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Donald Trump speaks to press before his departure at the White House route to attend a New York Yankees baseball game on September 11, 2025 in Washington, DC, United States.
WHAT'S HE SMOKING?

Trump, 79, Thinks Nearly All Americans Have Died From Drugs

The president has upped the figure he wrongly claims was killed by drugs in the U.S. from massively wrong to impossibly wrong.

Ewan Palmer

In this photo illustration, the World Health Organization (WHO) logo seen displayed on a smartphone.
CONTAINED

CDC Ordered to End All Work With World Health Organization

The move comes as a surprise, because the Trump’s order merely began the process of leaving WHO.

Grace Harrington

Injured Palestinians, including children, in Nasser Hospital
DIRE WARNING

Gaza’s Last Hospital ‘Not Functional’ Under Siege: WHO

“The cost of delays will be paid by patients’ lives,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, said Sunday.

Amanda Yen

Palestinian children queue to collect water amid water shortages during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
CRUCIAL AID

Israel Gets Into Spat With WHO Over Medical Supplies in Gaza

The Israeli agency in charge of coordinating aid said the WHO chief was not telling the “truth” and that the WHO was never told to evacuate supplies.

Allison Quinn

Israeli soldiers walk at the Al Shifa hospital complex, amid their ground operation against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in this still image from handout video obtained November 15, 2023.
‘EXTREMELY WORRIED’

Gaza’s Biggest Hospital in Chaos Amid Israeli Raid

The head of the World Health Organization said he is concerned for the medics’ and patients’ safety after losing contact with them.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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