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WHO Reports That Contaminated Food Kills 125,000 Children Every Year
By R. Siva Kumar | Dec 04, 2015 09:54 AM ESTEating contaminated food kills 420,000 annually.
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WHO says it is Time to Actively Fight Deadly Foodborne Illnesses
By Cheri Cheng | Dec 03, 2015 10:39 AM ESTThe World Health Organization (WHO) says too many children are dying from foodborne illnesses.
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Since 1999, Winter Deaths Have been the Highest
By Kanika Gupta | Nov 27, 2015 01:55 PM ESTLast winter, England and Wales reported more than 40,000 deaths which has been the highest number since 1999. According to the report, most deaths involved people over 75 years of age.
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Panel of Experts Criticizes WHO’s Response to the Ebola Crisis
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 23, 2015 11:36 AM ESTA panel of global health experts has criticized how the World Health Organization (WHO) handled the West African Ebola epidemic.
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WHO Says People do not Fully Understand the Threat of Superbugs
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 16, 2015 10:45 AM ESTThe World Health Organization (WHO) reported that people do not understand the threat that drug-resistant superbugs pose for public health.
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WHO Says You May Have Herpes
By Kanika Gupta | Nov 01, 2015 01:37 PM ESTThe shocking statistics reveal that 2/3rd of the world’s population under the age of 50 years is suffering from infectious herpes that leads to cold sores around your mouth, said World Health Organization, in its first estimate of the disease at the global level
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WHO Report: Tuberculosis leads to as many Deaths as AIDS
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 28, 2015 02:28 PM EDTA WHO report found that tuberculosis killed as many people as HIV/AIDs did in 2014.
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Ebola Death Toll Rises To 5,420, Says WHO
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 20, 2014 01:07 PM ESTThe World Health Organization said Wednesday that 5,420 people had so far died of Ebola across eight countries, out of a total 15,145 cases of infection, since late December 2013, according to a press release.
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Ebola Death Toll Hits 4,960, WHO Says
By Kamal Nayan | Nov 08, 2014 08:13 PM EST13,268 people had been infected with Ebola across eight countries and 4,960 of them had died, said the World Health Organization on Friday.
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WHO Appointed New Africa Chief
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 05, 2014 11:06 AM ESTThe WHO has appointed Botswana doctor, Matshidiso Moeti, as the next Africa chief.
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WHO: Following Routine is Key in Preventing Ebola Infection
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 01, 2014 12:16 PM EDTThe WHO stressed the importance of following stringent routines in order to prevent contracting an Ebola infection.
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Tuberculosis Cases totaled Half a Million more than Previously Estiamted
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 22, 2014 10:11 AM EDTThe WHO reported that last year, there were nearly half a million more tuberculosis cases than previously estimated.
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Nigeria is Ebola-Free, Officials Report
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 20, 2014 09:34 AM EDTThe World Health Organization has declared Nigeria an Ebola-free nation after no new cases have been confirmed for more than six weeks.
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Monkey Study Shows Ebola Vaccine Working
By Kamal Nayan | Sep 08, 2014 10:04 AM EDTOne shot of an experimental Ebola vaccine can trigger fast protection, according to new monkey studies. However, the effect waned unless the animals got a booster shot made in a different way.
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WHO: Death by Suicide Occurs every 40 Seconds
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 04, 2014 11:19 AM EDTThe World Health Organization called suicide a "major public health problem" that affects someone every 40 seconds.
