Brazil

Race to find vaccine, as mosquito-born Zika virus grips Americas

The race is on to find a vaccine, as the mosquito-born Zika virus takes hold in the Americas. It is being linked to severe birth defects. Around

29 January 2016

World News

"Explosive" risk of baby-crippling Zika virus spreading says WHO

The World Health Organisation is sounding the alarm, belatedly say its critics, about what it says is an “explosive” threat of the incurable Zika

29 January 2016

World News

Zika: WHO sounds the global alarm over disease

Disease linked with birth defects and has "explosive pandemic potential"

28 January 2016

World News

Brazil sends in troops to help eradicate mosquito-borne Zika virus

Brazil has warned it’s losing the battle against the spread of the Zika virus which is suspected of being responsible for a dramatic rise in the

26 January 2016

World News

What is the Zika virus?

Zika is a mosquito-borne virus affecting large parts of Latin America and the Caribbean and spreading quickly through the region. There is currently

26 January 2016

World News

WHO raises the alarm over spread of Zika virus through the Americas

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the mosquito-borne Zika virus could spread to almost every country in the Americas. It has been

25 January 2016

Europe News

WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola

The World Health Organisation has declared that Liberia is free of Ebola. It means the latest outbreak of the deadly disease is effectively over. The

14 January 2016

Guinea

Guinea free of Ebola, says WHO

Public education and aggressive intervention have paid off and Guinea is now Ebola-free – so says the World Health Organization, two years after the

29 December 2015

China

Beijing 'airpocalypse' red alert now in force

Tough restrictions come into force today in Beijing which has issued its first ever red alert for pollution. That’s the most serious warning

8 December 2015

Sierra Leone

WHO declares Sierra Leone free of Ebola

The World Health Organisation has declared Sierra Leone free of Ebola. There hasn’t been a single case of the disease for the past 42 days. The

7 November 2015

World

"We're not alarmist." WHO defends meat cancer report

A gust of panic over the food we eat blew across Europe with the release on Monday of a report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer

27 October 2015

World News

Meat cancer report: fear and confusion

Many people have responded to a World Health Organisation report carried out by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) — which put

27 October 2015

World News

Little sign the public will heed the IARC's meat warning

Public reactions to the IARC’s report have been mostly dismissive, with people in general believing that as long as their diets stay balanced they

26 October 2015

France

IARC risks confusion with report on cancer-causing meats

The International Agency of Research into Cancer (IARC) has been accused of misleading the public and the media after classifying processed meat

26 October 2015

World News

Processed meats cause cancer, says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) says processed meat is “carcinogenic to humans” putting sausages in the same category as asbestos and cigarettes

26 October 2015

World News

Tougher laws needed to prevent drivers speeding, says WHO

Countries must introduce tougher laws to prevent drivers from speeding or drinking, says the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO released its

19 October 2015

World News

Ebola: is the epidemic over?

It has now been a week since any new cases of Ebola were declared in the three West African countries at the centre of a recent epidemic. The World

8 October 2015

Switzerland

WHO: All people with HIV should get anti-retroviral drugs

30 September 2015

World News

Deadly spread of Ebola 'could be stopped by end of year'

Ebola’s devastating grip on West Africa could be lifted by the end of year, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO says Guinea is

26 August 2015

World News

Meningitis: WHO in plea to avoid outbreak

The World Health Organisation is calling for vaccine production to be increased to ward off a potential outbreak of meningitis. #Africa risks large

28 July 2015