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World Health Organization stories: 55 news summaries

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 Flu Closes Hong Kong Schools 

'Precautionary measure' sends half a million kids home for two weeks

Mar 13, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Over half a million children in Hong Kong are starting their Easter holiday early today after a flu outbreak led the government to order schools to close, AP reports. All kindergartens and primary schools in the densely populated territory will be shut down for two full weeks. Three children have... More »

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health • Hong Kong • children • World Health Organization • outbreak • school holidays • flu

Super-TB Cases Hit Record High

WHO calls for urgent action

Feb 27, 08 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are at the highest levels disease experts have ever seen, warns the World Health Organization. A survey of 81 countries found that levels of multi-drug resistant TB and even hardier, almost untreatable TB were much higher than expected, reports the BBC. Urgent action is needed to... More »

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disease • doctor • World Health Organization • drug resistant • tuberculosis

Flu Shot: Better Luck Next Year

FDA includes new strains in formula

Feb 22, 08 4:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Next year's influenza vaccine will be reformulated to include three new flu strains in the hope of developing a more potent vaccine than this year's effort, according to US News & World Report. An FDA panel approved the move, following the lead of the World Health Organization. This year's vaccine... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • vaccine • World Health Organization • flu shot • influenza • Tamiflu • flu • Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics • Brisbane/10 • H3N2 • H1N1/Brisbane/59 • B/Florida • Food and Drug Administration

City Lights Linked
to Breast Cancer

Scientists believe lights suppress tumor-fighting hormone

Feb 20, 08 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Women who live in areas with a large about of night-time light face an increased risk of breast cancer, and scientists believe it may be because the light interferes with a tumor- fighting hormone, reports the Washington Post. Researchers compared satellite images at night with cancer registries and found breast... More »

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Israel • NASA • breast cancer • lung cancer • light • World Health Organization • satellite images • fluorescent light • melatonin • nocturnal darkness • trichloroethylene • vinyl chloride • polychlorinated biphenyls • University of Haifa • Itai Kloog • Abraham Haim

WHO Pushes Governments to Battle Smoking

Developing countries most at risk, can least afford measures

Feb 7, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Aiming to slash the 5.4 million tobacco-related deaths worldwide per year, the World Health Organization today called on governments everywhere to discourage smoking, the Wall Street Journal reports. As it stands, only 5% of countries have programs working to curb the habit, such as advertising bans and warning labels.... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • public health • nicotine • smoking ban • World Health Organization • international governments

Treating Herpes Fails to Cut
HIV Rate

Unexpected results stun scientists hoping for cut in transmission

Feb 5, 08 11:01 AM CST
(Newser) - An eagerly anticipated HIV study returned disappointing results yesterday, crushing scientists' hopes that targeting the genital herpes virus could help reduce the transmission of HIV. Although the reasoning seemed sound—having herpes boosts a person's contraction risk nearly threefold, so targeting herpes should combat HIV infection—the study found no... More »

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circumcision • World Health Organization • HIV/AIDS • herpes • scientific study • Retrovirus Conference • Connie Celum • acyclovir

'US Ill Prepared for Disaster'

Study warns of inability to meet emergencies, funding cuts

Dec 19, 07 6:32 AM CST
(Newser) - The US is not prepared for major disasters, including biological attacks and pandemics, and funding to meet such emergencies is falling, according to a new study. Thirteen states don't have adequate plans to distribute vaccines, 12 states don't have systems to track the spread of diseases and 7 states are... More »

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • World Health Organization • H5N1 • Trust for America's Health • National Association of County and City Health Officials • disaster preparedness

Son May Have Passed Bird Flu to Father

Chinese case prompts fears of strain spreading between humans

Dec 8, 07 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - A man in China was diagnosed with the deadly bird flu virus a day after his 24-year-old son died from the disease, raising fears of a strain that can pass from person to person, the Telegraph reports. Health officials don't know for sure if the father caught the virus from... More »

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China • health • World Health Organization • avian flu

Night Shift Linked to Cancer

Idea once dismissed as 'wacky' gaining acceptance

Nov 29, 07 7:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Working the night shift might increase your risk of getting cancer, an international health agency says. That theory has been percolating for decades, but it will gain credence next month when the WHO declares night work a probable carcinogen, the AP reports. The designation, likely to be followed by the... More »

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cancer • carcinogens • World Health Organization • night work • International Agency for Research on Cancer

Gates Aims $100M at Polio

Foundation aims to eradicate disease

Nov 27, 07 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - The world stands at the brink of eradicating polio, Bill Gates says, and his foundation yesterday awarded $100 million toward that end. One of the foundation's largest challenge grants will fund programs in four countries where the disease is still epidemic, notably Nigeria. The Rotary Foundation received the grant and... More »

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philanthropy • Bill Gates • Nigeria • World Health Organization • infectious diseases • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation • disease control • rare diseases • polio • Rotary International

Indonesia Still Won't Send WHO Bird Flu Samples

Country demands guarantee any future vaccination will be affordable

Nov 25, 07 4:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Indonesia won't send avian flu specimens to the World Heath Organization, it said today, continuing a months-long stalemate over assurances that resulting vaccines will be cheap enough for the developing world. The country’s health minister had been in Geneva to rebuild WHO’s virus-sharing system, the AP reports. More »

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Indonesia • World Health Organization • avian flu • virus sharing

ITU Head Wants Broadband Net Help for Africa

Less than 1% on continent have high-speed access

Oct 28, 07 10:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fewer than four per cent of Africans use the Internet and less than one per cent have broadband access, helping to keep Africa behind in education, medicine and business, the BBC reports. Dr Hamadoun Toure, head of the International Telecommunication Union, is asking world organizations to make sure a third... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Internet • broadband Internet • World Bank • Intel • World Health Organization • Rwanda • Dr Hamadoun Toure • International Telecommunication Union • Kigali institute of technology.

Worst Chronic Disease Is Depression

Docs tie better mental health treatment to better overall health

Sep 7, 07 4:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Depression is more debilitating than diabetes, asthma, arthritis, or angina—and people suffering from chronic illness and depression are in worse health than those diagnosed with any other combination of diseases, the BBC reports. "These results indicate the urgency of addressing depression as a public health priority," says... More »

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health • depression • mental health • public health • chronic illness • World Health Organization • health study

World on Brink of New Epidemic: WHO

Global cooperation is crucial to prevent new outbreak, report concludes

Aug 23, 07 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new global epidemic is likely on the horizon with fresh diseases cropping up at a record pace and billions of air travelers in motion to spread an illness with alarming speed, the World Health Organization warned yesterday. The AIDS or Ebola of tomorrow could be just around the corner... More »

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Indonesia • AIDS • disease • epidemic • vaccine • illness • World Health Organization • Ebola • avian flu • outbreak

Gates Gives $105 Mil to Track Global Public Health

UW center will eye effectiveness of giving

Jun 5, 07 4:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given $105 million to the  University of Washington to study the effectiveness of public health programs around the world. The money will be used to create a center to track such measures as child mortality, the prevalence of major diseases  and the availability... More »

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health • Bill Gates • public health • research • donation • University of Washington • World Health Organization • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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