World Health Organization

hantavirus

11.May 2026. B. B.

WHO: Hantavirus from cruise ship will not cause new pandemic

"This is not covid, nor the flu. The method of transmission of hantavirus is completely different and requires close, intimate contact," explained World Health Organization epidemiologist Maria van Kerkhove

In Mexico City, a pioneering program is being implemented in which artificial intelligence and robotic systems perform most of the IVF procedure.

Navigator

09.October 2025 Zoran Stanojević

It is not news that a man made a robot

Now the question is whether a robot can create a human using a sperm and an egg cell. You guessed the answer. It can

Protest for the protection of women

24.April 2025. MT

Institutions are silent, women shout: Protest against femicide

As Serbia counts the seventh femicide since the beginning of 2025, the activist group "Zene ze promene" is organizing a protest on Thursday (April 24), at Freedom Square in Novi Sad, from 18 p.m.

American politics

22.January 2025 KS

A repeat of the US exit from the World Health Organization

Donald Trump, the new US president, has just taken office and has already issued a number of orders on future US policy. Among them is the decision to leave the World Health Organization

Health

08.January 2025 KS

Should we be worried about another virus from China?

The spread of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China has alarmed people on social media, but experts say the risk of another Covid-19-like pandemic is low

Health

19.November 2024 B. B.

More than 3,5 billion people without toilets, in Serbia at least 87 schools without sanitary facilities

Without safe toilets, untreated human faeces spread into the environment and release deadly diseases such as cholera

Environment

11.November 2024 IN THE

Air pollution: Everything is red in Serbia

On the IQAir website, the air quality index in Belgrade is 124, and there is a lot of pollution in other cities in Serbia

Environment

09.November 2024 IN THE

Belgrade is again among the most polluted cities in the world

Belgrade is again on the list of the most polluted capital cities in the world, since the concentration of harmful PM 2,5 particles in the air reached a level that is 17,3 times higher than the recommended average annual value

Wild poliovirus

24.October 2024 IN THE

Polio: An Unrelenting Scourge

Although an increase in new cases of polio has been recorded in 2023, the World Health Organization believes that by 2029 it will completely eradicate the disease, which currently threatens only Afghanistan and Pakistan

Health

16.November 2023 Z.S.

Loneliness is as dangerous to health as cigarettes

Loneliness is officially a global health threat according to the World Health Organization (WHO), and experts warn that its impact on mortality is equivalent to smoking 15 cigars a day. Therefore, addressing social connectedness has become an urgent public health issue, alongside the fight against tobacco use, obesity and addiction.

Health

26.September 2023 MJ

WHO: Tobacco industry relentlessly targets young people

The World Health Organization said that the tobacco industry's products have become accessible to young people through the sale of disposable cigarettes and e-cigarettes, which often lack health warnings.

Society

30.April 2023. I.Đ.

Vaccination: Aversion and fear come from fake news

The World Health Organization and immunologists agree that the reluctance of a number of people comes from ignorance of the topic of vaccination itself. Therefore, as they point out, it is important to convey to them the right information and results based on science and evidence

Environment

25.April 2023. AE

Air kills children: Serbia is among the most polluted countries

Air pollution causes over 1.200 premature deaths per year among children and young people in Europe and significantly increases the risk of chronic diseases later in life. The biggest pollution is in the Balkans, in North Macedonia and Turkey

News

29.April 2022. S.Ć.

World Health Organization: Unknown hepatitis affecting children

About 170 cases of unknown hepatitis in 16 countries in the world, mostly in Europe, were reported by the World Health Organization. The disease has also been registered in neighboring Romania. Infectologist Dragan Delić believes that due to this information, there is no reason for special measures for now, and the virus should not be considered unknown until those that are known are excluded.

Report

12.January 2022 Filip Mirilović

Student covid clinic: Payment of the guild's New Year's celebration

In the covid clinic of the student polyclinic, there is a state of emergency - there are twenty people crowded in the corridor of about fifteen square meters, which is also the entrance and the waiting room. The New Year holidays have arrived