Tag: World Health Organization

We have time to bring Zika under control if we act now. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Learning from past mistakes in the fight against Zika

Richard Tren · June 28, 2016 4:03 am

WHO representative to Syria "has stressed the urgency for controlling tobacco and shisha consumption among the population —" especially among youths, women and teenage school children," the WHO said in a statement. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)

U.N. health group tells war-ravaged Syrians: Tobacco will kill you

Pete Kasperowicz · June 16, 2016 1:54 pm

A World Health Organization panel found no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee causes cancer. (AP Photo/Eric Talmadge)

Great news for coffee lovers

Robert King · June 15, 2016 3:40 pm

Brazil's interim President Michel Temer, center, walks with officials during a visit to the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A panel of WHO experts found that the risk of getting the Zika virus will be low at the summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

WHO panel: Zika risk at Olympics low

Robert King · June 14, 2016 7:32 pm

The WHO said Friday that it is not suggesting that women in Zika-infected areas delay pregnancy, clarifying a statement it made Thursday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

WHO says it’s not advising delayed pregnancies

Diana Stancy Correll · June 10, 2016 8:11 pm

In a new guidance by the WHO, women in 46 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean should consider delaying pregnancy due to the Zika virus. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

WHO: Women should consider putting off pregnancy

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 9, 2016 9:22 pm

The latest outbreak started in Angola in January. The African country has had nearly 2,900 suspected cases of yellow fever and 325 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. (AP Photo)

Another reason to fear the mosquito

Robert King · June 4, 2016 4:01 am

The exact incubation time for the Zika virus, spread primarily by mosquito bites, is still unknown. (Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg, File)

WHO: No sex for eight weeks to prevent Zika

Robert King · May 31, 2016 3:10 pm

More than 145 public health experts signed an open letter to the World Health Organization asking the U.N. health agency to consider whether the Rio de Janeiro Olympics should be postponed or moved because of the ongoing Zika outbreak. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

150 health experts: Cancel or move Olympics

Robert King · May 27, 2016 7:08 pm

"Zika reveals an extreme consequence of the failure to provide universal access to sexual and family planning services," said outgoing WHO Director Dr. Margaret Chan. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

WHO: Countries should re-examine birth control, abortion bans

Robert King · May 23, 2016 8:13 pm

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow speaking at United Nations headquarters in September 2015. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

National Security

UN plots health rules in human rights hell

Pete Kasperowicz · May 2, 2016 12:01 am

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Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman · April 11, 2016 4:01 am