WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns not to ‘politicize the virus’ or you’ll have ‘more body bags’
So now the WHO is offering up threats for those questioning the origins of the coronavirus, nicknamed the Chinse Coronavirus, the Wuhan Virus, or the CCP Virus to point to the outbreak’s place of origin. The More...
US Coronavirus deaths near 13K as Trump threatens to cut funds to WHO
The 24-hour death toll from the novel coronavirus surpassed 1,850 in the United States on Tuesday, a record for any country in a single day, with a final count on Worldometer at 1,970. U.S. total now sits at 12,841 More...
US Coronavirus death toll rises over 1000, doubling every 3 days
Economists and health care officials seem to be at odds over the Chinese Coronavirus pandemic, politicians are feuding over the massive $2 trillion stimulus and rescue bill as the death toll climbed over 1,000. Mixed More...
Sea snail compound reduces cancer risk
The remarkable ability of a small Australian sea snail to produce a colourful purple compound to protect its eggs is proving even more remarkable for its potential in a new anti-cancer pharmaceutical. Dicathais More...
Choosing Between Breastfeeding and Formula
The topic on whether it’s better to breastfeed or use formula seems to be the ultimate debate among pregnant mothers. Ever since baby formula came on the commercialized market, mothers have argued back and forth More...
Life Site News details how the World Health Organization is pushing abortion
An eye opening op-ed by Jonathan Abbamonte at Life Site News begins with “The World Health Organization (WHO) has long promoted abortion under the premise of health. The WHO has long claimed that legalized More...
Canada pediatricians to parents: Support your child changing gender, even daily and if you don’t: seek ‘additional help’
The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) has released a new set of guidelines for discussing transgenderism with children, encouraging parents to accept and reinforce their kids’ gender confusion. “More and more, More...
WHO: 8.8 million people die from cancer each year
New guidance from WHO, launched ahead of World Cancer Day (4 February), aims to improve the chances of survival for people living with cancer by ensuring that health services can focus on diagnosing and treating More...
France bans ‘unlimited’ soda refills in move to battle obesity
France has banned restaurants from offering unlimited refills of soda and sugary drinks, their latest bid to decrease the rise in the nation’s obesity rate. Hotels, restaurants and school cafeterias will More...
Romania measles outbreak grows, officials lower age to give vaccine
The measles outbreak in Romania has more than doubled since late October, according to Romania’s Ministry of Health. The outbreak tally has grown to 1,725, up from about 800 a month and a half ago. Measles 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...
WHO: Six percent of all deaths worldwide attributed to alcohol use
The World Health Organization (WHO) released today the ‘The Global status report on alcohol and health 2014’, which takes a hard look at alcohol consumption worldwide. Public domain image/ Jmcstrav More...
World Immunization Week 2014 begins Thursday
The World Immunization Week campaign kicks off next Thursday, April 24 and continues through April 30 with the World Health Organization noting this year’s theme is “Are you up-to-date?”. Image/WHO According More...
WHO publishes guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C
Hepatitis C is a contagious liver disease that results from infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV). It can range in severity from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious, lifelong illness. According More...
WHO Ebola press conference: ‘We expect to continue seeing Ebola cases for some months’
“This is one of the most challenging Ebola outbreaks that we have ever faced.” Sombering words from Assistant Director-General of the Health Security, Dr. Keiji Fukuda during a press conference in More...
Japanese encephalitis vaccine from China gets WHO stamp of approval
A Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine manufactured in China has be prequalified by the World Health Organization (WHO) becoming the first Chinese-produced vaccine to receive this status. Ochlerotatus japonicusImage/CDC The More...
WHO committee: MERS coronavirus advice includes increased surveillance related to Hajj pilgrims
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency committee met on Wednesday for the third time since July to go over the latest developments concerning the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) More...
WHO Update: Two Italy MERS cases reclassified as ‘probable’, drops global total to 130
The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed the status of two Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases from Italy from confirmed to probable after further analysis of the laboratory More...
WHO: 56 million people suffer from a foodborne trematodiases
At least 56 million people globally suffer from one or more foodborne trematodiases, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported today in it’s current Fact Sheet. Foodborne trematodiases are caused by More...
MERS coronavirus: 29-year-old Qatari man is the 104th case globally
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Thursday that they were informed about two additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) of of Qatar. Confirmation of both cases was More...
