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WHO: Dengue showing global 'epidemic potential'

The World Health Organisation said on Wednesday that it had charted progress in the fight against tropical diseases but warned that dengue fever was spreading at an alarming rate.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UN: 'Worrying' increase in global child trafficking

Children—most of them girls—now make up 27 percent of all human trafficking cases, marking an alarming increase in recent years, a UN agency said Wednesday.

Health created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jordan says SARS-like virus deaths isolated cases

Jordan's health minister has said that two deaths in the kingdom from a SARS-like virus earlier this year which were confirmed by the World Health Organisation last week were isolated cases.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One more dead, three sick with mystery virus: WHO

Another person has died of a mysterious respiratory virus and three more cases have been discovered in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, the World Health Organisation said Friday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0