http://www.mail.com/organizations/4254-world-health-organization.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/organizations/4254-world-health-organization.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092708-who-single-yellow-fever-shot.html GENEVA (AP) — 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 agency said Friday that its expert group on immunization believes a single dose of vaccination is sufficient to confer lifelong immunity against the disease. The Geneva-based body says only 12 ... Fri, 17 May 2013 09:10:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2092708-who-single-yellow-fever-shot.html 2013-05-17T09:10:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081836-2-viruses-spark-global-outbreaks.html LONDON (AP) — Two respiratory viruses in different parts of the world have captured the attention of global health officials — a novel coronavirus in the Middle East and a new bird flu spreading in China. Last week, the coronavirus related to SARS spread to France, where one patient who probably caught the disease in Dubai infected his hospital roommate. ... Mon, 13 May 2013 14:48:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2081836-2-viruses-spark-global-outbreaks.html 2013-05-13T14:48:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2040820-who-flu-passes-easily-bird-to-human.html BEIJING (AP) — 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 it can jump more easily from birds to humans than the one that started killing people a decade ago, World Health Organization officials said Wednesday. Scientists are watching the virus closely... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:07:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2040820-who-flu-passes-easily-bird-to-human.html 2013-04-24T12:07:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2030326-who-china-bird-flu-spreading-easily-humans.html BEIJING (AP) — 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 people who have close contacts with patients, the World Health Organization said Friday. Fifteen global and Chinese health experts are on a mission in Beijing and Shanghai to learn more about ... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:41:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2030326-who-china-bird-flu-spreading-easily-humans.html 2013-04-19T08:41:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2017364-china-who-chief-beijing-h7n9-case-surprising.html BEIJING (AP) — 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 dozens in the eastern part of the country. Up until Saturday when Beijing officials reported the capital's first case of H7N9, all cases had been in Shanghai and other eastern China areas. On... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:04:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2017364-china-who-chief-beijing-h7n9-case-surprising.html 2013-04-14T05:04:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2004584-who-talks-with-china-sending-bird-flu-team.html BEIJING (AP) — The World Health Organization is talking with the Chinese government about sending international experts to China to help investigate a new bird flu strain that has sickened at least 24 people, killing seven of them. A 64-year-old retired man in Shanghai became the latest victim of the H7N9 bird flu virus that had previously not been known ... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:50:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2004584-who-talks-with-china-sending-bird-flu-team.html 2013-04-08T12:50:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1986570-240000-pakistani-children-anti-polio-drive.html ISLAMABAD (AP) — Some 240,000 children have missed U.N.-backed vaccinations against polio because of security concerns in Pakistan's tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, a top official with the World Health Organization said Friday. Dr. Nima Saeed Abid, the acting WHO chief in Pakistan, said health workers have not been able to immunize children in the N... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:33:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1986570-240000-pakistani-children-anti-polio-drive.html 2013-03-29T15:33:44Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1921074-who-slight-cancer-risk-japan-nuke-accident.html LONDON (AP) — 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 radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable. In fact, experts calculated that increase at about 1 extra percentage point added to a Japanese infant's lifetime ... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1921074-who-slight-cancer-risk-japan-nuke-accident.html 2013-02-28T20:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1719760-german-lab-qatar-man-suffered-virus.html BERLIN (AP) — A patient from Qatar has been confirmed with a new virus related to SARS, while health officials are investigating whether it may have spread between humans after close contact in Saudi Arabia. Germany's Robert Koch Institute said Friday that the Qatari patient fell ill in October with severe respiratory problems. He was brought to Germany f... Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1719760-german-lab-qatar-man-suffered-virus.html 2012-11-23T16:07:00Z