Showing posts with label World Health Organization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Health Organization. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

AstraZeneca jab risk-benefit 'still largely positive' - WHO

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GENEVA, Switzerland - The risk-benefit balance for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is "still largely positive", the World Health ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Virus curbs tightened over fears of a second wave

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PARIS, France — Spain and Germany were among the countries tightening restrictions on Tuesday in a bid to cool coronavirus hotspots ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Study: Speaking, breathing might spread COVID-19

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WASHINGTON – Scientists have known for several months the new coronavirus can become suspended in microdroplets expelled by patients whe...
Saturday, March 21, 2020

Wuhan recovery gives rest of world hope: WHO

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GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Health Organization said Friday that the original epicenter in China of the coronavirus outbreak at last ...
Thursday, February 20, 2020

China sees drop in new virus cases, two Japan cruise passengers die

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BEIJING, China — China reported a big drop in new coronavirus cases on Thursday, fuelling hopes the epidemic is nearing its peak, but Ja...
Thursday, January 30, 2020

China sees deadliest day yet as global virus fears mount

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WUHAN, China — China reported its biggest single-day jump in novel coronavirus deaths on Thursday, as confirmation that three Japanese e...
Friday, August 26, 2016

Hong Kong confirms first Zika case

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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of Zika, putting the Asian financial center on high alert for any spread of the mosqu...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Zika outbreak will worsen before it gets better - WHO head

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The head of the World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the Zika outbreak would likely worsen before nations be...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

WHO says cancer report not calling for people to give up meat

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GENEVA - The World Health Organization stressed Thursday that an explosive report this week linking the consumption of processed meat to ...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

McDonald's to cut back on chicken fed with antibiotics

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WASHINGTON - Fast-food giant McDonald's announced Wednesday it would stop serving chicken raised with antibiotics that are important ...
Saturday, February 28, 2015

One billion young at risk of hearing loss from loud music: WHO

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GENEVA - More than one billion young people risk damaging their hearing through listening to loud music, the World Health Organization (W...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Ebola vaccine trials to start in Switzerland this week

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GENEVA - Ebola vaccine trials are set to start in Switzerland this week after receiving the green light from the country's authoritie...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Obama urges people to be guided by facts, avoid Ebola hysteria in weekly address

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MOSCOW - In his weekly address on Saturday, US President Obama re-emphasized following his last week's address that Ebola-panic shoul...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

West Africa Ebola death toll rises above 1,200; Liberia fights to halt spread of virus

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MONROVIA/GENEVA - Liberia battled on Tuesday to halt the spread of the Ebola disease in its crowded, run-down oceanside capital Monrovia,...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

At frontline in fight vs Ebola, a doctor finds grief and inspiration

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LONDON -- After a month on the frontline battling Ebola in a hospital in Sierra Leone, the memories that both haunt and inspire British d...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Death toll from Ebola in W. Africa hits 887: WHO

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ABUJA, Nigeria — The doctor who treated a man who flew to Nigeria and died of Ebola now has contracted the disease, authorities said Mond...
Friday, August 1, 2014

How to protect yourself from Ebola virus

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WASHINGTON - West Africa is grappling with the largest outbreak of Ebola virus in history, and concerns are mounting that the hemorrhagic...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

W. Africa's Ebola outbreak still manageable -- WHO

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GENEVA – The World Health Organization on Friday denied the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa is already out of control. "The si...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Jordan reports its 5th MERS death

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AMMAN - A man has died in Jordan after being infected with the MERS virus, the government said Monday, on the eve of a World Health Organ...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Saudi hospital head sacked as MERS death toll hits 117

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RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's acting health minister has announced the sacking of the head of a Jeddah hospital where a spike in MERS infec...