There’s a lesson here for the UK and the anti-WHO Nigel Farage – Trump attacks it in public, but in private he knows he still needs it, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the Universi ...

The United States officially withdrew from the World Health Organization on Jan. 22, marking the end of its 78-year ...

The United States officially departed the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, completing a process initiated by President Donald Trump following his second inauguration. Newsweek reached out ...

Americans think Joe Biden did a better job in the White House than Donald Trump has so far, according to new polls. A trio of ...

Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of 84. The icon of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond was remembered by ...

• The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died at age 84. His son, Jesse Jackson Jr., told CNN that ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

Jackson was hospitalized in November after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a life-threatening neurological disorder similar to Parkinson’s disease.

The US has revoked what's known as the endangerment finding, a scientific finding central to US climate actions, to boost ...

Its focus is now shifting to startups it’s already funded, which requires a smaller team, a spokesperson said.

A year into DNC Chair Ken Martin's reign, he's betting on organizing and infrastructure—not insiders—to turn momentum into ...

"One of the greatest honors of my life was learning at his side," the Rev. Al Sharpton said. "He reminded me that faith ...