Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Can we really eradicate polio?
In a world that is constantly changing, attempts to eradicate disease may be unrealistic, according to a commentary published by a UA geography expert.
Aug 12, 2014
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Overweight & Obesity
UN's health agency worried about growing child obesity
The number of obese and overweight children in the world could balloon from 44 million in 2012 to 75 million in 2025, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday.
Jul 18, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO targets elimination of tuberculosis in over 30 countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) today, together with the European Respiratory Society (ERS), presented a new framework to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in countries with low levels of the disease. Today there are 33* countries ...
Jul 3, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could polio make a comeback?
It's one of the most famous global public health success stories of the 20th century: the near-eradication of polio, the dreaded childhood disease that paralyzed or killed more than half a million people around the world ...
May 29, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists recommend further research, delay in destruction of last stocks of smallpox
Variola, the virus that causes smallpox, is on the agenda of the upcoming meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the governing body of the World Health Organization. The decision to be made is whether the last known ...
May 1, 2014
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Health
Nearly half of all child deaths caused by malnutrition
Malnutrition is responsible for nearly half (45 percent) of all deaths in children under five, according to new research published as part of The Lancet Series on maternal and child nutrition. The results show that malnutrition ...
Jun 5, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Saudi to send animal samples to US in coronavirus probe (Update)
Saudi Arabia said Friday it would send samples taken from animals possibly infected with a deadly SARS-like virus to the United States for testing in a bid to find the source of disease.
May 24, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO voices deep concern over spread of SARS-like virus
The World Health Organization voiced deep concern Thursday over the SARS-like virus that has killed 22 people in less than a year, saying it might potentially spread more widely between humans.
May 24, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO says 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus (Update)
World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample—a claim disputed ...
May 23, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
No new H7N9 cases in China for a week
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.
May 21, 2013
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