LONDON: New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) predict a 77% increase in cancer cases globally by 2050. The report points to air pollution as one of the factors driving the expected increase in cancer rates, even though it does not have the same
GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded the alarm, raising concerns about a potential global pandemic known as 'Disease X' that could be 20 times more menacing than the current COVID-19 crisis. During a recent session at the World Economic Forum, global health leaders and
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation chief fears plans for a global pandemic preparedness agreement will fall apart amid wrangling and disinformation, warning that future generations “may not forgive us”. Shaken by the Covid-19 pandemic, the WHO’s 194 member states decided more than two years ago to
BEIJING: Northern China has reported an increase in “influenza-like illness” since mid-October when compared to the same period in the previous three years, the WHO said China’s National Health Commission told reporters last week that the respiratory illness spike was due to the lifting of Covid-19
GENEVA: The World Health Organization flagged a batch of contaminated common cold syrup it found in Iraq that was manufactured by an Indian company. The United Nations agency in its medical products alert said the batch of the syrup, branded Cold Out, had a higher than
NEW DELHI: India has suspended a drugmaker's manufacturing licence after the World Health Organization flagged contamination in its cough syrups found in the Mashall Islands and Micronesia in April, the government told the parliament on Wednesday. Indian regulators are inspecting drugmakers after cough syrups made in
LONDON: A common and widely-used sweetener aspartame is being studied by researchers and healthcare organisations to find its possible effects on human health as experts are making an effort to find evidence of its potential links with cancer. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) International Agency for
Geneva: The World Health Organization has flagged at least seven cough syrups made in India as toxic in its investigation into the contaminated medicines suspected to have led to more than 300 deaths, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday. Christian Lindmeier, the spokesperson for global health
Geneva: The World Health Organization has rushed emergency supplies to flood-hit parts of Ukraine and are preparing to respond to an array of health risks including trauma, drowning and waterborne diseases like cholera, officials said on Friday. Russia and Ukraine have traded blame for the bursting
United Nations: With hunger spreading worldwide and tobacco responsible for eight million deaths each year, countries should stop subsidizing tobacco crops and help farmers grow food, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, said Saturday. Ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednesday May