EU offers 400 million euros to WHO-led COVID-19 vaccine initiative
The European Commission said on Monday it would contribute 400 million euros ($476 million) to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy...
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A healthy home: a key to urbanization
As communities around the world hurtle toward urbanization, authorities have the opportunity to embrace the challenge of improving housing and its effects on the health...
Half of world’s people can’t get basic health services – WHO
At least half the world’s population is unable to access essential health services and many others are forced into extreme poverty by having to pay...
Europe’s HIV epidemic growing at alarming rate – WHO
The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in Europe reached its highest level in 2016 since records began, showing the region’s epidemic growing “at...
Could giant rats help fight tuberculosis in major cities?
Giant rats are probably not the first thing that come to mind to tackle tuberculosis but scientists hope their sniffing skills will speed up efforts...
America’s slashed global health funding jeopardizes well-being and safety
By Amanda Glassman Plans by the Trump administration to slash U.S. global health funding would be a huge setback for countries and organizations – not to...
Nearly half of abortions annually are unsafe – study
Nearly half of the 55.7 million abortions that take place globally each year are unsafe and putting women’s lives at risk, a study said on...
World Bank offers $150 mln in financing to Zika-affected countries
By David Lawder The World Bank said on Thursday it is making $150 million in financing immediately available to help combat the Zika virus outbreak...
Global health body under pressure to stop Zika virus
By Julie Steenhuysen and Stephanie Nebehay The World Health Organization will hold a special session on Thursday on the Zika virus as the U.N. agency...
Africa’s Ebola outbreak not yet run its course
Africa’s Ebola outbreak has not run its course and around 30 people are still getting infected each week, the United Nations’ special envoy for the...
S.Korea conducts experimental plasma therapy on MERS patients
By Jack Kim Two South Korean hospitals are conducting experimental treatment on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patients, injecting them with blood plasma from recovering...
Liberia releases last known Ebola patient from care
By James Harding Giahyue Liberia’s last Ebola patient left hospital on Thursday to cheers of delight from friends and family, a year after the West...
WHO calls for more measles vaccination in Europe as large outbreaks persist
By Kate Kelland The World Health Organization in Europe called on Wednesday for measles vaccination campaigns to be stepped up across the region after recording...
Secret burials thwarting efforts to stamp out Ebola – UN
By Stephanie Nebehay Efforts to stamp out West Africa’s Ebola epidemic are being thwarted by villagers touching and washing the infectious bodies of dead victims...
Health worker with Ebola transferred to London hospital (updated)
A health worker who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in Britain arrived at a London hospital from Scotland early on Tuesday for treatment...
Unchecked superbugs could kill 10 million a year, cost $100 trillion
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent Drug-resistant superbugs could kill an extra 10 million people a year and cost up to $100 trillion by...
Ebola deaths near 4,500 as virus spreads in W. Africa -WHO
A total of 4,493 people have died from the world’s worst Ebola outbreak on record, and the situation in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone is...
Spanish nurse worsens, Madrid blames infection on human error
By Sonya Dowsett The health of a Spanish nurse with Ebola worsened on Thursday and four other people were put into isolation in Madrid, while...
First person diagnosed with Ebola in US dies in Texas hospital
By Lisa Maria Garza and Richard Valdmanis A Liberian man who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died in a...
Ebola death toll rises to at least 2,296 – WHO
By Tom Miles The death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak in history has jumped by almost 200 in a single day to at least...