The World Health Organization plans to make 120 million rapid-diagnostic coronavirus tests available for people in lower- and middle-income countries. The tests are fast, simple and cheap — but are they reliable? The World Health...
Climate change poses a major threat to the health of the world’s children and may shape the future of a whole generation if global temperatures are not kept well below 2°C, new research shows. Pediatricians...
The global trade with counterfeit drugs is booming – it’s an extremely lucrative business with potentially lethal side effects. Cross-border cooperation is trying to curb the deadly trade. The counterfeiters are unscrupulous: Painkillers are made...
Having safe milk has become more difficult in China. China was first alerted to large-scale contamination of milk five years ago. In what was termed by the WHO as one of the biggest incidents of...
Medicine can save lives if you can get it and afford it. But now, generics are a cheaper alternative to more expensive brand name drugs. Generics no longer only play a major role in developing...
International scientists have declared an end to a moratorium on research into mutant forms of the deadly H5N1 bird flu. Since influenza viruses are constantly changing, research is crucial, WHO’s Gregory Härtl told DW. DW:...
