WHO’s constitution, drafted in New York, doesn’t have a clear exit method for member states. A joint resolution by Congress in 1948 outlined that the U.S. can withdraw with one year's notice. This is contingent, however, on ensuring that its financial obligations to WHO “shall be met in full for the organization’s current fiscal year.”

The World Health Organization leader worked with Carter for 20 years to fight the world's "neglected" diseases. After attending Carter's funeral, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared memories.

Like Ebola, the Marburg virus originates in fruit bats and spreads between people through close contact with the bodily fluids of infected individuals or with surfaces, such as contaminated bed sheets

The UN health agency estimated that health crises would leave 305 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance this year.

(From left: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP; David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images) The late President Jimmy Carter and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — the director-general of the World Health Organization ...

After attending Carter's funeral,... The late President Jimmy Carter and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — the director-general of the World Health Organization — knew each other for 20 years.

Tanzania’s president says one sample from a remote northern part of the country has tested positive for Marburg disease

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in November warned such ransomware attacks on hospitals "can be issues of life and death" as WHO and some 50 countries raised concerns at the United Nations about the rising threat.

Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced that health officials have identified a positive case of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Biharamuro District, located in the northern Kagera Region close to Uganda.

Reestablishing the health system in Gaza will be "complex and challenging" after more than 15 months of war, the head of the World Health Organization said Sunday as a ceasefire took effect.

The World Health Organization appealed Thursday ... we know about and to react swiftly to new crises," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said as he launched the appeal. The agency's emergency ...

WHO reported Wednesday that a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease has claimed eight lives in a remote region of northern Tanzania.