Vaccination
WTO seeks shot in the arm with COVID jab IP idea
The WTO's search for a role in fighting the pandemic sharpened up on Monday as ministers seek a compromise to lift intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines.
Jun 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO says global COVID cases, deaths declined again last week
The World Health Organization says that the number of reported new COVID-19 cases worldwide decreased by nearly a quarter last week, continuing a decline since the end of March.
Apr 21, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
As virus cases dip, western Switzerland reopens restaurants
While much of Switzerland is preparing for tighter lockdown restrictions because of COVID-19, the country's French-speaking regions are going in the other direction—allowing restaurants to reopen on Thursday after a drop ...
Dec 10, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Geneva shutters bars, restaurants over virus
Geneva said Sunday it would go beyond Swiss national measures and close all bars, restaurants and non-essential shops in a bid to rein in skyrocketing cases of the novel coronavirus.
Nov 1, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
UN: Zika increasingly alarming but Rio Olympics should be OK
The World Health Organization's chief says the agency is increasingly worried about the Zika virus, even though it does not recommend canceling or postponing the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.
May 17, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Very few drugs, trial sites in search for Ebola cure: WHO (Update)
Only a handful of drugs could potentially be tested on humans in the search for an Ebola cure, with even fewer sites equipped to host such trials, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Nov 14, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Migration officials say cholera in Haiti on rise
(AP)—The world's largest agency that deals with global migration says cholera is again on the rise in Haiti.
Nov 16, 2012
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Health
Swiss voters say no to tightening of smoking ban (Update)
Two-thirds of Swiss voters rejected a referendum Sunday to tighten a smoking ban, to the relief of hotels and restaurants, while two cantons split in a vote over keeping tax breaks for rich foreigners.
Sep 23, 2012
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Health
Passive smoking under fire when Swiss head to the polls
Switzerland is deeply divided ahead of a vote Sunday on whether to beef up a ban on smoking in indoor workplaces and public spaces, with supporters stressing the health benefits of less second-hand smoke and opponents decrying ...
Sep 20, 2012
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Health
1,000 women a day die in childbirth, says MSF
About 1000 women die each day in childbirth or from preventable complications related to pregnancy, humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said Thursday.
Mar 8, 2012
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