Seoul: South Korean health authorities on Sunday reported 14 more cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), escalating the total cases to 64. Among the 14...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said World No Tobacco Day was a day to “reaffirm our commitment” to reduce the menace of tobacco...
Geneva: A total of 1,068 civilians have been killed and 2,551 others have been wounded since the start of the Saudi-led coalition launched an offensive against...
Washington: Ebola is more likely to be fatal for children under five, an international team of scientists led by Imperial College London and the World Health...
London: Liberia is planning to reopen its borders following a reduction in the number of Ebola cases being reported in the country, a media report said...
Kolkata: The World Health Organisation’s Southeast Asia Regional Office (SEARO) has called for heightened political will to tackle emerging threats of non-communicable diseases (NCD), microbial drug...
Geneva: The number of people killed by the Ebola virus disease has reached 8,795, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. A total of 22,057 cases...
United Nations: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Wednesday announced that it is launching an initiative aimed at ferrying aid to Ukraine’s internally displaced persons (IDPs),...
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has achieved its goal of isolating and treating 70 percent of Ebola patients in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Conakry,...
Jaipur: To mark World AIDS Day on Dec 1 and create awareness about HIV-AIDS, over 200 bikers participated in a ‘Bikeathon’ campaign over the weekend. According...
