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Dec 23

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Ebola vaccine results are encouraging — but preliminary

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On Thursday, results from the World Health Organization's two-year trial studying the Ebola virus were published. They indicate that the vaccine is effective -- but it still needs to be approved by regulatory agencies. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Dr. Anthony…

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Nov 19

Airstrikes force hospitals to shut down in rebel-held Aleppo

By Michael D. Regan

Syrian government airstrikes forced most hospitals in rebel-held Aleppo to close. Hundreds of people have been killed by the strikes this week including more than a dozen children.

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Nov 18

No longer an emergency, Zika virus is a long-term problem, says WHO

By Alison Thoet

After a nine-month emergency designation, the WHO reclassified Zika as a long-term epidemic similar to other mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and yellow fever.

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Oct 31

One in seven of world’s children breathe toxic air, UNICEF reports

By Ryan Connelly Holmes

Using satellite imagery, the children’s aid organization determined that 300 million children worldwide breathe air six times more polluted than the World Health Organization’s recommended limit.

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Oct 28

In Haiti, are 1 million doses of cholera vaccine enough to stop an outbreak?

By Larisa Epatko

When Hurricane Matthew steamrolled southern Haiti earlier this month, it wiped out houses, bridges and roads. It also decimated sanitation systems, putting the Caribbean island nation at risk of worsening cholera outbreaks.

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Oct 11

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News Wrap: Receding waters reveal ruinous hurricane damage

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In our news wrap Tuesday, the death toll of Hurricane Matthew rose to 30 in the United States, half from North Carolina. There are also rising concerns about disease in hard-hit Haiti. Also, Russian jets resumed heavy bombing of Aleppo,…

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Aug 15

There’s buzz around Zika, but could yellow fever become the next pandemic?

By Emily Baumgaertner, Scientific American

Yellow fever could be on the verge of exploding out of central Africa and spreading to Asia, which has never before suffered a major outbreak. The most likely route of transmission: any one of the thousands of unvaccinated Chinese expatriates…

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Jun 15

WHO says ‘no conclusive evidence’ that coffee causes cancer

By Andrew Small

The agency also says that drinking “very hot” beverages, including coffee, mate and teas heated to as much as 160 degree Fahrenheit, was “probably carcinogenic” because of the harm it poses the throat.

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May 26

WHO: Some 1,000 killed in attacks on hospitals in 2 years

By Maria Danilova, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Nearly 1,000 people have been killed worldwide in attacks on medical facilities in conflicts over the past two years in violation of humanitarian norms, the World Health Organization said in a report Thursday.

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Apr 16

Health officials to begin new global effort to eradicate polio

By Shawn Paik

This weekend marks the start of a global effort that health officials are hoping will be the final push to eradicate polio.

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