World Health Organization

World Health Organization

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  Ukraine kids at risk from low vaccination rates

  When the time came to vaccinate her 4-year-old daughter, Yelena Hlushko hesitated, spooked by widespread fears in Ukraine about vaccines and by a boil ... 

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  Mexico finds breast-feeding woes as rate drops

  Despite the well-known advantages to breast milk and vigorous campaigns around the world championing breast as best, Mexican mothers say the bottle ... 

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  WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus

  International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the ... 

• Tunisia announces 3 cases of coronavirus, 1 death

  A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, ... 

• WHO says single yellow fever shot is enough

  The World Health Organization says a yellow fever booster vaccination given 10 years after the initial shot isn't necessary. The U.N.'s global health ... 

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  2 new viruses could both spark global outbreaks

  Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle ... 

• WHO: New flu passes more easily from bird to human

  A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China over the past month is one of the "most lethal" flu viruses so far, worrying health officials because ... 

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  WHO: China bird flu not spreading easily in humans

  There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though there may be sporadic cases of the virus spreading to ... 

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  China WHO chief: Beijing H7N9 case not surprising

  A World Health Organization official said Sunday that it wasn't surprising that a new strain of bird flu has spread to China's capital after sickening ... 

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  WHO talks with China on sending bird flu team

  The World Health Organization is talking with the Chinese government about sending international experts to China to help investigate a new bird flu ... 

• 240,000 Pakistani children miss anti-polio drive

  Some 240,000 children have missed U.N.-backed vaccinations against polio because of security concerns in Pakistan's tribal regions bordering ... 

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  WHO: Slight cancer risk after Japan nuke accident

  Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of ...