WHO: Ebola outbreak in the west is ‘unlikely’
A major outbreak of Ebola in the US and elsewhere in the West is unlikely given the strong health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. US federal health officials will appear before a congressional More...
Are Kids Becoming the New Couch Potatoes?
In recent years, there has been a rise in childhood obesity. Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years. The percentage of children aged 6-11 years in More...
Saudi Arabia reports four more novel coronavirus cases, total confirmed cases 38 globally
The Saudi Arabia Health Ministry has notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of four additional laboratory-confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) today. According to the WHO update, the cases are More...
WHO China H7N9 bird flu update: 82 confirmed cases, 17 deaths
Chinese health authorities have notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of 19 new confirmed cases of human H7N9 avian influenza from Zhejiang Province, Shanghai Municipality and Jiangsu Province, according More...
