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©REUTERS Three new cases of MERS virus confirmed in Saudi: WHO Three women have contracted the deadly MERS virus in Saudi Arabia, which has been hardest hit by the enigmatic disease.
02 August 2013
©REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman Nearly six million die from smoking every year: WHO Despite public health campaigns, smoking remains the leading avoidable cause of death worldwide, killing almost six million people a year, mostly in low- and middle-income countries.
11 July 2013
Photo courtesy of mk.ru Wave of strange double suicides sweeps through Kazakhstan An Internet group of young suiciders may be behind the series of the tragic events in Kazakhstan.
12 June 2013
WHO urges action against obesity as poor nations get fatter Alarmed at expanding waistlines around the world, the UN's health agency has urged countries to get serious about reining in a ballooning obesity crisis.
29 May 2013
Three new cases of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia Three new cases of a new SARS-like virus have been detected in Saudi Arabia.
04 May 2013
WHO team probes bird flu in Shanghai A World Health Organisation team was due Monday to wrap up a trip to Shanghai, centre of China's bird flu outbreak which has killed 20 people, as part of an investigation into how the virus is spreading.
22 April 2013
©REUTERS Saudi death from SARS-like virus: WHO A SARS-like virus that has struck in Britain and the Middle East has claimed a new victim in Saudi Arabia, bringing the global toll from the mystery illness to nine.
13 March 2013
©REUTERS/Susana Vera Downturn threatens Europe's life expectancy gains: WHO Gains in life expectancy across Europe could be reversed if cash-strapped governments cut health budgets.
13 March 2013
©REUTERS Japan riled by WHO's Fukushima cancer warning Japan on Friday insisted warnings by the WHO of a rise in the risk of cancer for people in Fukushima were overblown, saying the agency was unnecessarily stoking fears.
01 March 2013
WHO says polio fight critical despite attacks The head of the World Health Organization's polio drive said Friday it was crucial to push on with the fight to eradicate the disease despite a rising death toll among vaccination workers.
01 March 2013
Cambodia reports sixth bird flu death this year A three-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, bringing the country's toll from the deadly virus to six so far this year.
13 February 2013
World's second most polluted city turns to buses On the streets of Ulan Bator a people renowned for their horse riding skills have to contend every day with ever more Hummers, Land Cruisers and Range Rovers.
11 December 2012
Photo courtesy of caradvice.com Smoking in cars beats UN pollution threshold Smoking in cars raises levels of dangerous fine-particle pollutants to many times the limit recommended by the world's health agency.
17 October 2012
©REUTERS/Sergio Moraes Dengue fever: Vaccine trial raises a muted cheer A prototype vaccine for dengue notched up the best success yet against the disease but failed to protect against all its viral strains.
11 September 2012
Photo courtesy of asilee.com One million people commit suicide each year: WHO One million people die by their own hand each year, accounting for more deaths than wars and murders put together, the World Health Organisation said Friday, calling for urgent action to address the problem.
08 September 2012
A woman holds a packet Winfield cigarettes. ©REUTERS/Daniel Munoz Australia says no plan for total smoking ban Australia said Thursday it has no plans to ban smoking after a key court ruling allowing cigarettes to be sold in plain packets, describing the health battle against tobacco as "one step at a time."
16 August 2012
WHO finds virus link to Cambodia mystery disease Health experts working to identify an illness that has killed dozens of children in Cambodia found a link to a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease.
09 July 2012
WHO declared Kazakhstan malaria-free The World Health Organization has declared Kazakhstan malaria-free.
29 March 2012
Photo by Vladimir Dmitriyev© PHOTO: Don't smoke when I'm near A flash-mob timed to the World No Tobacco Day was held on May 28 in Almaty.
30 May 2011
Photo courtesy of UNICEF UNICEF provided poliomyelitis vaccine to Kazakhstan Kazakhstan completed immunization of children against poliomyelitis. It was done because of the outbreak in Tajikistan and Russia in 2010.
21 April 2011
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