A World Health Organization emergency panel will meet this week to discuss a SARS-like virus that has spread beyond China and that a Beijing government expert said Monday is contagious between humans. The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has ...
WHO says new China coronavirus could spread, warns hospitals worldwide
There may have been limited human-to-human transmission of a new coronavirus in China within families, and it is possible there could be a wider outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause infections ranging ...
WHO tracks coronavirus in Thailand in first case reported outside China
The World Health Organization said Monday it is keeping close watch on a new coronavirus from China after the first infection outside the country was confirmed in Thailand, and indicated it may hold an emergency meeting on the matter in the near future. The Emergency ...
China virus outbreak linked to seafood market not currently spreading: WHO
An outbreak of pneumonia that has killed one person in China and infected 40 others appears to be linked to a single seafood market in the central city of Wuhan and has not so far spread beyond there, the World Health Organization said Sunday. The ...
It took a blaze that nearly destroyed Paris' most famous cathedral to reveal a gap in global safety regulations for lead, a toxic building material found across many historic cities. After the Notre Dame fire in April spewed dozens of tons of toxic lead-dust into ...
Ibrahim Ali al-Jadari's four teenage daughters lie at home on intravenous drips that will soon run out as they, like tens of thousands of other Yemenis, battle a seasonal surge of dengue fever. Mosquito-borne dengue is the latest challenge facing Yemenis who have endured almost ...
Twenty-three cases of Ebola have been recorded in four days in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where deadly violence is hampering efforts to end the 16-month-old epidemic, authorities said on Thursday. Ten cases were recorded on Tuesday alone in Mabalako in North Kivu province, after ...
Rwanda begins vaccinating against Ebola at border with Congo
Rwanda on Sunday started a voluntary Ebola vaccination program at its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly virus from its neighbor. All countries in high-risk areas, even if not hit by Ebola, had been ...
WHO slams 'collective failure' as measles killed 140,000, mostly kids, in 2018
Measles infected nearly 10 million people in 2018 and killed 140,000, mostly children, as devastating outbreaks of the viral disease hit every region of the world, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. In figures described by its director general as "an outrage," the WHO ...
Samoa measles death toll rises to 37 amid anti-vax push: WHO
A measles epidemic raging in Samoa has killed 37 people, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, blaming an anti-vaccine messaging campaign for leaving the Pacific island nation vulnerable to the spread of the virus. The U.N. health agency warned that a steep decline in vaccination ...
U.N. to test impact of mosquito sterilization on disease spread
The U.N. said Thursday it was preparing to test a sterilization technique targeting mosquitoes that could help rein in the spread of a range of devastating diseases such as dengue and Zika. A form of insect "birth control," called Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), has been ...
Vaping and chemicals in e-cigarettes may damage the heart, study says
Vaping devices and the chemicals they deliver — increasingly popular among teens — may damage the cardiovascular system, a study said Thursday, adding to a growing chorus of concern over injury and deaths related to e-cigarettes. The latest findings, published in the journal Cardiovascular Research, ...
