From analyzing COVID’s impact on health care professionals to assessing the needs of nurse educators, the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies has played an important role in ...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported that avian influenza A(H5N1) continues to circulate in the Americas, with new outbreaks detected in birds, mammals, and sporadic human infections ...

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) confirmed on November 10, 2025, that the Americas have officially lost their status as a region free of endemic measles transmission, raising serious ...

A woman in Long Island recently fell ill with a mosquito-borne virus rarely seen in the United States. She had not traveled abroad. The virus, called chikungunya, causes fever and extreme joint pain.

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If current trends continue, North America could soon become a hotspot for permanent measles transmission. Canada could lose its measles-free designation this week, and the U.S. may not be far behind.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Vials of Eli Lilly's Mounjaro, a tirzepatide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes and weight loss, are ...

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LONDON (Reuters) -The Gates Foundation and the Pan American Health Organization are both working on ways to make weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro more accessible ...

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa met on Wednesday October 1 with members of the Council of the Americas' Healthcare Series leadership group and with health ...

Health authorities from across the Americas today approved a new 2025-2030 Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) during the 62nd Directing Council of the Pan ...

L’Hôpital Universitaire La Paix in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is the only public hospital functioning in the capital. Tom Fletcher, the United Nations under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, ...