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- Expert doubts CDC promotion of influenza vaccine
- SARS-like coronavirus possibly found in New York
- Vical Incorporated announces results of herpes vaccine trial
- Study demonstrates vaccine confers long-lived protection against pertussis
- NIH studying newly emerging Staphylococcus aureus strain
- Swine-origin flu variant cases continue in U.S.
- Scientist map critical portion of anti-influenza antibody
- Boy dies from superbug infection at NIH hospital
- Progress made on new TB drug
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WHO Director-General Chan: Public health deserves priority
Tweet Margaret Chan, the director-general of the World Health Organization, said to delegates of the U.N. on Monday that even though the world is dealing with a myriad of problems, public health should be the priority. “Fear of new diseases … Read More »
WHO Director-General Chan discusses H7N9, novel coronavirus
Tweet World health agencies must remain vigilant and work together to combat the H7N9 avian influenza virus and the novel coronavirus, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said on Monday. Chan made the statement during the 66th World Health Assembly in Geneva. … Read More »
WHO praises region of Pakistan for meeting vaccination goals
TweetThe World Health Organization and UNICEF recently praised the efforts of the Punjab Health Department in Pakistan for providing the measles vaccine to 95 percent of the targeted children in Lahore. The health department launched the seven-day campaign in the … Read More »
WHO concludes yellow fever vaccine booster not required
TweetAn advisory group to the World Health Organization announced on Friday that the yellow fever booster vaccination given ten years following an initial vaccination is not needed. The WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on immunization reviewed the latest evidence … Read More »
Health gap narrows between countries with best and worst health status
TweetThe world is making significant progress in improving health in the poorest countries to narrow the gap between countries with the best and worth health status, according to a recent report. The World Health Organization released the report on Wednesday, … Read More »
Polio virus detected in Somalia
Tweet The World Health Organization issued a polio surveillance alert on Tuesday for all of Somalia, eastern Ethiopia and northern Kenya after a 32-month-old girl took ill in southeastern Somalia. The report confirmed that the girl was infected with the … Read More »
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WHO issues statement on novel coronavirus
TweetThe novel coronavirus that infected multiple people in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia comes with many question marks, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the World Health Organization. The WHO said it knows that the coronavirus, which is … Read More »
U.N. helps South Sudan fight meningitis outbreak
TweetThe United Nations World Health Organization and the nation of South Sudan announced on Thursday that they will collaborate on a vaccination campaign to battle a meningitis outbreak in the Upper Nile state. The state ministry of health declared the … Read More »