‘Ebola vaccine highly protective in trial’
United Nations—The World Health Organization has published the results of a major trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine in Guinea, ...
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Zika no longer intl health crisis – WHO
THE World Health Organization has announced that Zika outbreaks and associated neurological abnormality no longer constitute a Public Health Emergency ...
Read moreVapers say smokers deserve alternatives
NEW DELHI"•Vapers called on the World Health Organization to allow the world’s one billion smokers to have equal access to ...
Read morePollution closes Tehran’s schools
TEHRAN"•Tehran officials shut schools on Monday as the first of the winter’s heavy pollution hit the Iranian capital. A blanket ...
Read moreWHO steps up campaign vs sweets
THE World Health Organization said Friday it has begun encouraging all health ministries, agencies and facilities throughout the Western Pacific ...
Read more14 countries sign Manila Declaration
REPRESENTATIVES from 14 countries on Saturday gathered at the World Health Organization’s headquarters in Manila for the drafting and signing ...
Read moreBaguio air safe – ecologists
BAGUIO CITY—The city’s air is still breathable, City Environment and Parks Management Office announced in response to a report by ...
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Vaccine for deadly dengue
Data from the World Health Organization indicates that dengue is the fastest spreading mosquito-borne viral disease, with some 40 percent ...
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It pays to be WELL
THE modern office worker spends 90% of his time indoors. An unhealthy diet, bad sleeping patterns, and constant sickness are ...
Read moreWHO pushes use of generics
THE rate of antimicrobial resistance, or endurance of bacteria from medication, has jumped to 90 percent on some drugs this ...
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