Tag: World Health Organization

In this photo taken on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 picture, a child gets a dose of vaccine in Chitila, Romania. An outbreak of measles has killed dozens of infants and children in Romania, with 200 new cases reported each week. Doctors say the surge in the disease is aided by low rates of vaccination, fueled in part by media campaigns waged by celebrities who warn of the perils of immunization and also by rural superstitions.

Measles spike in Europe as vaccination lags, leading to dozens of deaths

Kimberly Leonard · August 20, 2018 3:42 pm

Healthcare workers from the World Health Organization prepare to give an Ebola vaccination to a front line aid worker in Beni Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday, Aug 10, 2018. The World Health Organizationâs director-general says instability, high population density and large displacement in Congoâs east mean the response to the nationâs tenth Ebola virus outbreak must be stronger than ever before.

Congo’s Ebola outbreak to ‘get worse before it gets better’

Kimberly Leonard · August 13, 2018 7:05 pm

In this photo taken Thursday, May 31, 2018, Congolese health officials prepare to disinfect people and buildings at the general referral hospital in Mbandaka, Congo. For the first time since the Ebola virus was identified more than 40 years ago, a vaccine has been dispatched to front line health workers in an attempt to combat the epidemic from the onset.

Medical teams battle Ebola outbreak in Congo with experimental vaccine

Kimberly Leonard · August 9, 2018 8:10 am

A healthcare worker from the World Health Organization gives an Ebola vaccination to a front line aid worker who will then go to vaccinate people who might potentially have the virus, in Mbandaka, Congo.

Congo likely to use experimental vaccine on latest Ebola outbreak

Kimberly Leonard · August 3, 2018 1:30 pm

A newborn baby in a blue cap baby rest on his mothers chest and stares into her eyes for the first time.

Most babies not breastfed immediately after birth, threatening lives

Kimberly Leonard · July 31, 2018 2:57 pm

In this photo taken Wednesday, May 30, 2018, a healthcare worker from the World Health Organization prepares vaccines to give to front line aid workers, in Mbandaka, Congo. For the first time since the Ebola virus was identified more than 40 years ago, a vaccine has been dispatched to front line health workers in an attempt to combat the epidemic from the onset.

Ebola outbreak in Congo officially over

Kimberly Leonard · July 24, 2018 2:26 pm

Pamela Anderson attends Warsaw Comic Con Fall 2017 in Nadarzyn near Warsaw, Poland.

‘Breast is best,’ bombshell Pamela Anderson tells Trump, world

Paul Bedard · July 11, 2018 2:14 pm

WHO stops short of recognizing sex addiction

Kimberly Leonard · July 9, 2018 9:47 pm

Video game addiction is a mental health disorder, World Health Organization says

Robert King · June 18, 2018 2:42 pm

In this photo taken Monday, May 14, 2018, members of a Red Cross team don protective clothing before heading out to look for suspected victims of Ebola, in Mbandaka, Congo. Congo's Ebola outbreak has spread to Mbandaka, a crossroads city of more than 1 million people, in a troubling turn that marks one of the few times the vast, impoverished country has encountered the lethal virus in an urban area.

Health officials begin using experimental vaccine to fight Ebola in Congo

Kimberly Leonard · May 21, 2018 2:18 pm

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, left, and Robert Steffen, WHO chairman of the Emergency Committee on Ebola, attend a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

WHO finds Ebola outbreak not an emergency situation yet

Robert King · May 18, 2018 4:03 pm

In this photo taken on Sunday, May 13, 2018, health care workers wear virus protective gear at a treatment center in Bikoro Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has spread to a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. Two suspected cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in the Wangata health zones that include Mbandaka, the capital of northwestern Equateur province. The city is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Bikoro, the rural area where the outbreak was announced last week, said Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga.

Ebola spreads to large city in Congo

Kimberly Leonard · May 17, 2018 2:04 pm