1948: the birth of the World Health Organization. The first half of the 20th century saw two world wars, including WWII, the most destructive global conflict in history.

As the U.S. comes upon the one-year anniversary of March 11, the date the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic, the National Museum of American History shares this ...

In the 20th century, ... Other cases occurred in the 1990s, and in 2003, the World Health Organization cited new cases in West Africa and southern Sudan which caused at least 60 deaths.

James Hamblin: What is the total budget of the World Health Organization? Lee: WHO is funded for about $2.2 to $2.3 billion a year. That’s about the size of one medium-size hospital, and it has ...

The World Health Organization(WHO) has driven the charges leading to some of the 20th century’s greatest public health triumphs. And throughout WHO’s 72-year history, the U.S. has been the ...

The Public Health Emergency of International Concern designation was established in 2005—and has only been ... The World Health Organization ... “In the first half of the 20th century, ...