Oct 11 Watch 5:18 News Wrap: Receding waters reveal ruinous hurricane damage By PBS News Hour 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,… Continue watching
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… Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 5:00 Why there's been a dangerous diabetes spike around the globe By PBS News Hour According to a new study from the World Health Organization, diabetes cases have quadrupled over the last 40 years, mostly in poorer nations. Today, 8.5 percent of all adults worldwide suffer from the chronic disease, and 3.7 million deaths are… Continue watching
Apr 01 World news quiz: A hijacked airplane and a new underwater retreat By Larisa Epatko This week, a man hijacked an airplane, and posed for a picture, while the World Health Organization announced the end to a public health emergency. Take our 5-minute quiz about these events and more. Continue reading
Mar 29 The Ebola public health emergency is over, WHO declares By Helen Branswell, STAT Ebola no longer constitutes an international health emergency, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Continue reading
Mar 11 Florida may use GMO mosquitos to fight Zika. Here's what you should know By Jennifer Kay, Associated Press MIAMI — The spread of the Zika virus in Latin America is giving a boost to a British biotech firm's proposal to deploy a genetically modified mosquito to try to stop transmission of the disease. Continue reading
Feb 16 Why it's so hard to zap the Zika mosquito, and what we can do By Larisa Epatko The little black Aedes aegypti mosquito with its white-striped legs and body seems harmless enough, but it can spread the Zika virus, which is tentatively linked to birth defects in babies. Continue reading