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International 'No Smoking Day' highlights the dangers of tobacco
On International No Smoking Day - and every day - there’s an opportunity to pause and ask: is it worth inhaling this again?
WHO reports 906 suspected cases and 223 suspected deaths from Bundibugyo strain of Ebola
Syria pushes to gain closer ties with Western powers as it reaches meetings with G7, NATO, and WHO
Latest outbreak of Ebola in central Africa prompts global health emergency
Man tests positive for MERS in Abu Dhabi near Oman border - WHO
Cases of MERS-CoV - which can cause fever, coughing and shortness of breath, and in some cases can lead to pneumonia - have been recorded in 27 countries since 2012, according to WHO figures.
WHO says aspartame can cause cancer, Israel issues no warnings
After WHO, officially, says that the widespread artificial sweetener aspartame may cause certain types of cancer, the Health Ministry reacts by saying there is currently no warning.
UN agencies 'alarmed' at scale of Jenin raid, concerned about access
"Attacks against healthcare including prevention of access to persons injured are extremely concerning," said WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier.
WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen-sources
Aspartame will be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the WHO cancer research arm.
Russia alleges American vaccine side effects, offers 'Sputnik V' instead
Russia accused the WHO of rejecting the vaccines that were developed in Russia for 'pure opportunistic reasons' while claiming they had proven their effectiveness.
COVID is no longer global health emergency - WHO
Lifting it is a sign of the progress the world has made in these areas, but COVID-19 is here to stay, the WHO has said, even if it no longer represents an emergency.
'High bio-hazard risk' in Sudan after laboratory seized, WHO says
The WHO's Nima Saeed Abid said technicians were unable to access the National Public Health Laboratory to secure the biological materials.
Elon Musk, WHO spar on Twitter over UN agency's role
Since COVID-19 first emerged, the World Health Organization has complained of an epidemic of misinformation about the pandemic.
WHO sending medics and supplies to Turkey and Syria earthquake zone
WHO doctor kidnapped in eastern Mali
The doctor was taken from his car in the town of Menaka, where Jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State are active.