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The World Health Organization (WHO) chief says the agency is increasingly concerned about the mosquito-borne virus Zika . Margaret Chan noted that

Amid mounting global concerns over the Zika virus, Colombian doctors say they are seeing a hike in cases of a rare disorder, in which the body’s

On Monday, and for the first time since the recent Ebola crisis, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global health emergency in response

A debate is raging in Brazil over the country’s restrictive abortion laws against the background of an outbreak of the Zika virus. A rise in the

As Australian health officials confirm two cases of the Zika virus in New South Wales, the World Health Organization has expressed fear it could

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global emergency over a condition linked to the Zika virus. A connection has been made been the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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