Health experts see his retreat from international cooperation as disrupting the safe-keepers of one of the world’s deadliest ...

Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.

The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued ...

WHO's most notable achievement was the eradication of smallpox, which marked a rare instance of cooperation between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In 1967, the organization set the ...

WHO’s most notable achievement was the eradication of smallpox, which marked a rare instance of cooperation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In 1967, the organization ...