Aug 01 Ebola outbreak moving faster than control efforts, WHO says By Anna Christiansen The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is moving faster than the health worker’s efforts to control the virus, the World Health Organization said Friday. Continue reading
Jul 15 Ebola outbreak in West Africa worsens as death toll tops 600 By Joshua Barajas The WHO said that 85 new cases and 69 deaths were reported between July 8-12, indicating a "high level of transmission" of the hemorrhagic fever across Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. WHO anticipates the virus will spread to… Continue reading
Jun 29 West African Ebola outbreak is deadliest on record By Xander Landen West Africa’s Ebola epidemic is now the deadliest on record, according to the World Health Organization. The disease has a mortality rate of up to 90 percent. Since the outbreak began in February, there have been 635… Continue reading
Jun 15 New analysis focuses on pollution as global killer By Deepashri Varadharajan Pollution causes three times as many deaths as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis combined, according to a Global Alliance on Health and Pollution analysis released this week. Continue reading
May 06 Watch Persistence is key to wiping out polio outbreaks in fragile nations By PBS News Hour Signaling a new public health emergency, the World Health Organization warns that if polio is not completely eradicated it could become endemic again. Worldwide, 74 cases of the crippling disease have been confirmed this year, with Syria, Cameroon and Pakistan… Continue watching
May 05 Watch News Wrap: UN says polio outbreak is global emergency By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency amid outbreaks of polio across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The U.N. agency says the number of new cases last year nearly doubled to… Continue watching
May 01 We're headed towards a 'post-antibiotic era,' World Health Organization warns By Robert Pursell In a report released Wednesday, the World Health Organization warned that society may soon be sliding into a “post-antibiotic era” in which common illnesses like pneumonia will once again become feared killers and surgery will come with heightened infection risks. Continue reading
Mar 23 Ebola virus detected in Guinea fever outbreak By Kayla Ruble The Ebola virus was detected in samples of a viral hemorrhagic fever that has killed more than 50 people in the West African nation of Guinea marking the first human outbreak of Ebola in the country, according to government officials… Continue reading
Dec 20 Watch Understanding Why Delivering Aid Can Be a Dangerous Endeavor While aid groups operate with apolitical, humanitarian intentions, workers trying to bring relief in the middle of conflicts often find themselves in danger. Ray Suarez talks to Joel Charny of InterAction about the recent deaths of health workers trying to… Continue watching
May 16 Watch News Wrap: Greece Appoints Interim Government Amid Fears of Euro Exit In other news Wednesday, Greece appointed an interim government as it struggled to escape a deepening political crisis. The country faces new elections on June 17. Also, former Liberian President Charles Taylor offered no apologies at a U.N. tribunal for… Continue watching