An investigation by the World Bank and Chile’s Health Ministry confirmed large discrepancies between the public and private health sectors. “People have realized that you have to train many ...

The FDA proposes mandatory front-of-package nutrition labels to aid consumers in making healthier choices amidst a chronic disease crisis. This initiative, part of a broader government strategy, targets nutrient transparency in packaged foods.

When Donald Trump returns to the White House, he's expected to issue a series of orders with far-reaching impact on global health — from abortion services to support for the World Health Organization.

Google the most violent region of the world and Latin America will come up. Violence in the region takes many forms and starts young. Data from UNICEF shows nearly two in three children aged 1–14 years in Latin America and the Caribbean face violent discipline at home.

"The bottom line is that withdrawing from the WHO makes Americans and the world less safe," says Dr. Tom Frieden, president and CEO of the nonprofit health organization Resolve to Save Lives and former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Chile, the world's No. 1 copper producer, will boost its output of the red metal to 5.54-million metric tons in 2034, representing a 5.6% increase from 2023, state-run copper commission Cochilco said on Wednesday.

Under threat: the European Southern Observatory’s flagship Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert is home to the Very Large Telescope (courtesy: G.Hüdepohl/ESO) The darkest, clearest skies anywhere in the world could suffer “irreparable ...

When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative.

When Trump’s move to leave WHO takes effect in a year, it may gut funding for global public health and limit U.S. access to crucial data, experts warn.

The World Health Organization appealed Thursday for $1.5 billion for emergency operations this year, warning that conflict, climate change, epidemics and displacement had converged to create an "unprecedented global health crisis".

Sandra Leyan Castillo is a nurse practitioner in an orthopedic medical group—but with an important distinction: What sets this Boston College graduate apart from others in her field is that she is working in Chile as that country’s first-ever nurse ...

Shooting portraits doesn’t come naturally to Leslie Struxness, a doctor of obstetrics and gynecology who has practiced in Vancouver for nearly four decades.