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Health Dept, WHO discuss ways to fight spread of listeriosis
Listeriosis is a food-borne disease which can be found in soil, water and vegetation.
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WHO fears complacency as progress against malaria stalls
Malaria infected around 216 million people in 91 countries in 2016, an increase of 5 million cases over the previous year, the WHO said in its annual World Malaria Report.
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WHO: Plague kills 94 in Madagascar
The outbreak already looks big when compared with the 3,248 cases and 584 deaths reported worldwide from 2010 to 2015.
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Plague outbreak in Madagascar kills 20 – WHO
Humans bitten by an infected flea usually develop a bubonic form of plague, which swells lymph nodes and can be treated with antibiotics.
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Over 500 dead as Congo cholera epidemic spreads: WHO
This year’s epidemic is particularly worrying as it comes as about 1.4 million people have been displaced by violence in the central Kasai region.
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WHO: Tobacco industry blocking anti-smoking moves
Tobacco companies use domestic and international trade litigation ‘in attempts to block progress on many control measures’, the WHO said.
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WHO warns of imminent spread of untreatable superbug gonorrhoea
The WHO estimates 78 million people a year get gonorrhoea, an STD that can infect the genitals, rectum and throat.
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WHO: At least 100,000 cholera cases reported in Yemen
Cholera broke out in Yemen on 27 April and has seen at least 789 deaths.
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Ethiopian Tedros Adhanom becomes first African to head WHO
The former health minister received more than half of the votes in the first round.
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Fourth person in probable Ebola death in Congo: WHO
Of the 37 cases discovered since early May, two have been confirmed as Ebola including the latest death, are considered probable and 32 are suspected.
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Polluted environments kill 1.7 million children a year: WHO
Such unsanitary and polluted environments can lead to fatal cases of diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia, the WHO said in a report.
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Unicef: One in seven children suffer high air pollution
Worldwide, the WHO estimates that outdoor air pollution killed 3.7 million people in 2012, including 127,000 children aged under five.
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Efforts to beat TB fall far short, WHO warns
TB is a highly contagious lung disease which kills more people each year than HIV & malaria combined.
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Study confirms Zika causes brain birth defects, questions remain
The researchers said the true size of the effect will become clear only after full analysis of all 200 cases.
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Angola, Congo yellow fever outbreak under control - WHO
The entire Congolese capital of Kinshasa, 7.7 million people, had been vaccinated in less than 10 days.
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WHO updates view on Zika as cause of brain abnormalities
Zika virus infection during pregnancy is a cause of congenital brain abnormalities including microcephaly.
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Congo, Angola begin mass vaccination drive against yellow fever
Health officials expect to vaccinate 14 million people over the next 10 days.
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Lack of exercise costs world $67.5bn, 5m lives a year
The greatest risk of premature death was for people who sat for long periods of time and did not exercise.
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First in Asia: Thailand eliminates mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Thailand has become the first Asian country to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV & syphilis.
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WHO emergency panel to meet in June on Zika & Olympics
A spokesman for Rio 2016 said they continue to follow WHO recommendations on Zika.
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Yellow fever outbreaks in Africa need action, mass vaccination
The disease has already spread to Kenya & China, and there's an unrelated outbreak in Uganda.
