Vaccine success holds hope for end to deadly scourge of Ebola (Updated)
By Kate Kelland and Tom Miles The world is on the verge of being able to protect humans against Ebola, the World Health Organization said...
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Hepatitis E outbreak looms in quake-hit Nepal, deadly for pregnant women
By Maria Caspani Hundreds of pregnant women in Nepal are at risk of dying from hepatitis E, as the onset of the monsoon season could...
WHO says South Korea’s MERS outbreak ‘wake-up call’ as new cases reported
By Tony Munroe and Stephanie Nebehay The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday South Korea’s outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a...
Schools reopen as South Korea seeks normality amid MERS outbreak
By Seung Yun Oh Thousands of South Korean schools that were shut to stop the spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) reopened on Monday...
WHO calls emergency meeting on ‘large, complex’ S. Korea MERS outbreak
By Jack Kim The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday it would hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to consider South Korea’s outbreak of...
Hong Kong issues ‘red alert’ against South Korea travel due to MERS
By Ju-min Park and James Pomfret Hong Kong issued a “red alert” advisory on Tuesday against non-essential travel to South Korea, where eight new cases...
S.Korea reports jump in MERS infections, sixth patient dies
By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim South Korea reported a jump in cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Monday while an 80-year-old man...
Malaria death rates fall, Ebola threatens W.Africa progress
By Kate Kelland Malaria deaths have dropped dramatically since 2000 and cases are falling steadily thanks to more people being diagnosed and treated and more...
Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, second death in two days
By Maggie Fick and Lin Noueihed An Egyptian woman died on Tuesday of H5N1 bird flu after coming into contact with infected birds, the second...
Ebola appears to be slowing in Liberia – WHO
By Tom Miles and Stephanie Nebehay Liberia, the country worst-hit by the Ebola epidemic, may be seeing a decline in the spread of the virus,...
WHO urges stiff regulatory curbs on e-cigarettes
By Stephanie Nebehay The World Health Organization (WHO) stepped up its war on “Big Tobacco” on Tuesday, calling for stiff regulation of electronic cigarettes as...
WHO chief says Ebola out of control
By Saliou Samb An outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa is out of control but can be stopped with more resources and...
Fifty new Ebola cases and 25 deaths in West Africa
By Stephanie Nebehay Fifty new cases of Ebola and 25 deaths have been reported in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea since July 3, as the...
West African authorities adopt common strategy to fight Ebola
By Kwasi Kpodo West African countries and international health organizations adopted a fresh strategy on Thursday to fight the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic, which has...
