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The first High-level meeting to defeat meningitis – Institut Pasteur Paris, France
World Health Organization· 7 hours agoThe World Health Organization’s first high-level meeting to defeat meningitis will be hosted by the...
Philippine court blocks GMO 'golden rice' production over safety fears
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 minutes agoA Philippine court has blocked the commercial propagation of genetically modified golden rice...
Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help
San Francisco Chronicle· 40 minutes agoAs the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave, heart-wrenching sobs...
Meeting of the Diabetes in pregnancy subgroup Guideline Development Group
World Health Organization· 7 hours agoThe World Health Organization (WHO), in its continuous endeavor to foster improvements in public ...
Dust storms are becoming ‘more frequent and severe’ – so are we prepared?
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoVisibility fell to under 300 metres and toxic particulate levels were 160 times higher than the safe...
The WHO’s broken bot
Politico· 12 hours agoFor a cautionary tale on the dangers of health care by chatbot, look no further than the World Health Organization ...
70% of world's workers at elevated health risks due to climate change, UN report finds
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) found that many of the environmental conditions...
England child alcohol use tops global chart, finds WHO report
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoGirls were found to be more likely than boys to be drinking and getting drunk aged 15 in England,...
Vaccines saved more than 50 million lives in Africa over 50 years, research shows
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoFor every death averted, close to 60 years of life were saved on average, according to a report...
Global immunization efforts have saved at least 154 million lives over the past 50 years
World Health Organization· 13 hours agoThe vast majority of lives saved – 101 million – were those of infants. The study, led by the World ...