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Tag: World Health Organization

Those left behind: Parents in France open up on grieving the loss of children to self-harm

Marseille, France—"Why didn't I pick up on his pain?" asked Marie-Noelle Cullieret, whose 24-year-old son killed himself after he failed a pilot's exam. Losing her only...

Covid still kills 1,700 a week—WHO

Geneva, Switzerland—Covid-19 is still killing an estimated 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday, as it urged at-risk...

WHO urges more surveillance in bird flu fight

The World Health Organization warned Thursday that its ability to manage the risk to humans posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus was being...

Air pollution drives 7% of deaths in big Indian cities: study

More than seven percent of all deaths in 10 of India's biggest cities are linked to air pollution, a large study said Thursday, leading...

‘Wake-up call’: third of adults not doing enough physical activity

Paris, France - Nearly a third of all adults are not doing enough physical activity, posing a growing threat to health across the world, a...

2.6 million die annually due to alcohol, World Health Organization reports

Geneva, Switzerland—Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, adding that while the death rate had dropped...

‘Raise minimum age of vape users’

A pulmonologist suggested setting the minimum age of people allowed to use vapes from 18 to 25 years old as the World Health Organization...

WHO countries prolong talks on pandemic accord

World Health Organization members on Saturday extended negotiations on a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics for up to a year, as the...

WHO says it’s ‘ready to support’ Papua New Guinea after landslide

GENEVA– The World Health Organization chief voiced deep sadness Monday at the massive landslide that has buried more than 2,000 people in Papua New...

WHO: COVID cut global life expectancy by nearly 2 yrs

COVID-19 cut global life expectancy by almost two years when it raged from 2019 to 2021, wiping out a decade of progress, the World...

Taiwan’s indispensability in preparing for future pandemics

"Taiwan is working to share its experience and expertise in achieving universal health coverage to help the international community realize health for all" The three...

Vaccines saved at least 154 million lives in 50 years—WHO

Geneva, Switzerland—Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives in the past 50 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday, adding...

WHO finds use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among youth ‘alarming’

Copenhagen, Denmark—The widespread use of alcohol and e-cigarettes among adolescents is "alarming," according to a report released on Thursday by the World Health Organization's...

Solon calls for free medical checkups to plug service gap

Rep. Ray T. Reyes of party-list AnaKalusugan has renewed his call for free medical checkups after the World Health Organization (WHO) reported almost 800...
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