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Bird or Avian Influenza has killed more than 68 people in several Asian countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and news reports. Although health officials say panic isn't warranted at this point, the evidence is ...

World Health Organization Pandemic H1N1 Update from the USPACOM/COE Pandemic Influenza Workshop, February 2010.

This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released updated guidelines for malaria treatment, and published a new section covering suggestions on safe and effective antimalarial drugs. The new guide accounts for recent developments ...

Approximately 1 in 4 women are abused during pregnancy, which, according to the World Health Organization, has been linked to miscarriage, pre-term labor, low birth weight, fetal distress, and death. Analysis: False. ...

UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) €“ New guidelines for malaria treatment were issued Tuesday by the United Nations (UN) World Health Organization (WHO). This is the first time the agency releases guidance for effectively and safely applying ...

Cell Phones Cause Cancer, Says World Health Organization by Terrence O'Brien The World Health Organization (WHO) is stirring up a storm by claiming it will release a study later this year that links cell phone use to an increased risk ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ugandan Ministry of Health are unveiling a new drug to treat advanced sleeping sickness. The new drug is a combination of eflornithine and nifurtimox have been in clinical trials since 2003. ...

Konzo disease, according to the World Health Organization, is a tropical myelopathy, characterized by the onset of spastic paraparesis, which occurs as epidemics in rural areas of Africa. Cassava is an important cash crop in Bandundu, ...

Guardian blogger, Sarah Boseley, highlights a new report by the World Health Organization and UNICEF, which says that €œthe world is on track to meet or even exceed the drinking-water target,€ as part of the Millennium Development Goals. ...

Many member states have over the years approached the World Health Organization for advice or information on the feasibility of measures to control the growth of expenditure on medicines. Such calls for help led the Organization as ...