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  • The European Respiratory Virus Surveillance Summary (ERVISS)
    by ECDC on August 22, 2025 at 12:09 pm

    This interactive dashboard provides a weekly integrated epidemiological summary for influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2.

  • Communicable disease threats report, 2 - 8 August 2025, week 32
    by ECDC on August 8, 2025 at 3:10 pm

    This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 2 - 8 August 2025 and includes updates on influenza A(H5N1), measles, MERS-CoV, respiratory viruses, mass gathering monitoring of the 2025 Jubilee in Italy, Nipah virus disease, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, dengue, West Nile Virus infection, chikungunya virus disease, and Vibriosis.

  • Communicable disease threats report, 26 July−1 August 2025, week 31
    by ECDC on August 1, 2025 at 12:41 pm

    This issue of the CDTR covers the period 26 July−1 August 2025 and includes updates on dengue, mpox, chikungunya virus disease, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, West Nile Virus, cholera, Botulism, respiratory viruses, avian influenza A(H5N1), SARS-CoV-2, mass gathering monitoring for the Jubilee of 2025 in Italy and mass gathering monitoring for UEFA Women's EURO 2025.

  • Communicable disease threats report, 19−25 July 2025, week 30
    by ECDC on July 25, 2025 at 4:07 pm

    This issue of the CDTR covers the period 19−25 July 2025 and includes updates on respiratory viruses, avian influenza A(H9N2), avian influenza A(H5N1), cholera, Oropouche, mass gathering monitoring for the Jubilee of 2025 in Italy, mass gathering monitoring for UEFA Women's EURO 2025, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, West Nile Virus, dengue and chikungunya virus disease.

  • Communicable disease threats report, 28 June - 4 July 2025, week 27
    by ECDC on July 4, 2025 at 4:10 pm

    This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 28 June - 4 July 2025 and includes updates on influenza A(H5N1), Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), SARS-CoV-2, updates on respiratory virus epidemiology in the EU/EEA, poliomyelitis, Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, West Nile virus infection, and chikungunya.

News (English) - World Health Organization Corporate news releases, statements, and notes for media issued by the World Health Organization.

  • Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza
    on August 22, 2025 at 9:09 am

    More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released today. FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition.

  • WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress
    on August 15, 2025 at 12:33 pm

    The WHO and WMO have released a comprehensive technical report and guidance addressing the escalating global health and economic risks posed by extreme heat, particularly in the workplace. This guidance builds on five decades of research and responds to the record-breaking temperatures of recent years, with 2023 being the hottest year on record.

  • WHO designates new WHO-Listed Authorities, strengthening global access to quality-assured medical products
    on August 7, 2025 at 5:12 pm

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially designated Health Canada, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare/Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (MHLW/PMDA) of Japan, and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) of the United Kingdom as WHO-Listed Authorities (WLAs), a status granted to national authorities that meet the highest international regulatory standards for medical products.

  • Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem
    on August 6, 2025 at 9:47 am

    The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone. HAT is the second neglected tropical disease (NTD) to be eliminated in Kenya: the country was certified free of Guinea worm disease in 2018.

  • On World Breastfeeding Week, countries urged to invest in health systems and support breastfeeding mothers
    on August 5, 2025 at 8:15 am

    Strengthening health systems to support breastfeeding is not just a health imperative, it is a moral and economic imperative. WHO and UNICEF remain committed to supporting countries to build resilient health systems that leave no mother or child behind.