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World Health Organization director general warned that overuse of antibiotics had lead to rise in drug-resistant strains

A few weeks ago a clinic in Mumbai claimed to have identified a dozen patients with a strain of tuberculosis (TB) resistant to all known treatments.

DURBAN, South Africa--Former entomologist Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum of the World Health Organization worries about nosebleeds more than the average person. That's because he's one of the estimated 12 million people worldwide afflicted with leishmaniasis --a potentially fatal parasitic disease characterized most often by lesions on the skin and/or mucus membranes--caused by the bite of a sandfly. [More]

Anopheles mosquito; courtesy of iStockphoto/abadonian In the long fight against malaria , progress finally seems to be coming, if incrementally. The number of people who died from malaria in 2010 fell 5 percent from the previous year and has dropped 26 percent from 2000 levels, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report . [More]

Anopheles mosquito; courtesy of iStockphoto/abadonian In the long fight against malaria , progress finally seems to be coming, if incrementally. The number of people who died from malaria in 2010 fell 5 percent from the previous year and has dropped 26 percent from 2000 levels, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report . [More]

NOVEMBER 4–5 According to the World Health Organization, one in four of us will develop at least one mental illness or behavioral disorder in our lifetime. Depression alone affects an estimated 121 million people worldwide. At the two-day EMBO/EMBL Science and Society Conference , biologists, psychologists and neuroscientists will explore the ethical and social implications of major mental illnesses as well as their causes and treatment

World Health Organization says annual infections have fallen from 9 million to about 8.8 million

World Health Organization warns that polio is likely to spread more during upcoming Muslim pilgrimage to Saudia Arabia

Schizophrenia, depression, addiction and other mental disorders cause suffering and cost billions of dollars every year in lost productivity. Neurological and psychiatric conditions account for 13 percent of the global burden of disease, a measure of years of life lost because of premature mortality and living in a state of less than full health, according to the World Health Organization

Just how bad is that smog in China? It's not surprising to learn that the local environment isn't doing so well in China, a country famous for its smog. But it is disheartening to find out just how bad it is, courtesy of the "State of the Environment in China," an annual report put out by the Chinese government

The E. coli outbreak that started in Germany is getting bigger and a lot scarier.

The World Health Organization said the e. coli bacteria responsible for the outbreak in Europe is a highly toxic strain that has never seen before. Jeff Glor reports.

The World Health Organization said Thursday that the E. coli bacteria responsible for a deadly outbreak that has left 18 dead and sickened hundreds in Europe is a new strain that has never been seen before.

CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports on a new study by the World Health Organization that links cellphones with brain cancer.

A couple of days ago, the official party line from the World Health Organization on cell phones was this: "no adverse health effects have been established". Not anymore..