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Public health
September 26, 2016
Russia revises ban on imports of Egyptian plant products
Russia's food safety watchdog has revised its ban on imports of fruit and vegetables from Egypt after the lifting of Egyptian ...
September 16, 2016
Russia bans imports of Egyptian fruit and vegetables
Russia's food safety watchdog has banned fruit and vegetables imports from Egypt over sanitary concerns, following an earlier ...
September 09, 2016
Rights group: Refugee children still in Greek police cells
Refugee and migrant children in Greece are being held in police cells, often in "poor and degrading conditions" due to a lack ...
Aedes aegypti mosquito
September 02, 2016
UN: Zika remains global emergency, virus still spreading
The World Health Organization says the outbreak of Zika remains an international health emergency and that while the virus ...
August 31, 2016
UN: Yellow fever outbreak in Africa isn't a global emergency
The ongoing yellow fever outbreak in Africa is serious but does not warrant being declared an international health emergency, ...
August 25, 2016
Violence has taken years off of life expectancy in Syria
The ongoing violence in Syria has taken years off of people's life expectancy, according to a new analysis published in the ...
August 22, 2016
Greece: Blood donations curbed after malaria cases reported
Greece's health ministry says blood donations have been suspended at hospitals in several parts of the country following a ...
August 08, 2016
Study links global warming to rise in waterborne illnesses
Rising global temperatures are clearly linked to increasing waterborne food poisoning, particularly from eating raw oysters, ...
August 04, 2016
10 Things to Know for Friday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday: 1. OBAMA DENIES ...
August 02, 2016
Italian dies of meningitis after Poland pilgrimage
The Italian bishops' conference says a young Italian pilgrim died of meningitis after attending the World Youth Day event in ...
August 02, 2016
UK supermarket recalls peanuts over missing 'peanuts' label
The supermarket chain Lidl is recalling honey roasted peanuts sold in its U.K. stores because the word "peanut" in English ...
August 02, 2016
Anthrax outbreak in Russia kills child, infects 20 nomads
A child has died of anthrax in Siberia in the first fatal outbreak of the bacterial disease reported in Russia in 75 years, ...
July 26, 2016
Russian authorities evacuate nomads after anthrax outbreak
Russian authorities are evacuating nomadic reindeer herders and quarantining part of a Siberian region after an outbreak of ...
July 18, 2016
Italian court convicts ex-executives in asbestos trial
A court in the northern Italian city of Ivrea has convicted former Olivetti executive Carlo De Benedetti and 12 others of ...
July 14, 2016
Digest this: heavy people may die up to 3 years early
Being too heavy may cost you your life — literally. Scientists say overweight people die one year earlier than expected and ...
July 13, 2016
UN: South Sudan death toll probably higher than 272
The death toll from a recent outbreak of fighting in South Sudan is almost certain to climb above the 272 people, including ...
July 06, 2016
US Army and France's Sanofi combine work on Zika vaccine
Pharmaceutical giant Sanofi says it is joining efforts with U.S. Army researchers to speed up development of a potential Zika ...
July 04, 2016
UN health agency confirms 3 Zika cases in Guinea Bissau
The U.N. health agency says it and national authorities are investigating whether three cases of the Zika virus discovered ...
June 09, 2016
Amid war, UN warns Syrians smoking is a grave health risk
The World Health Organization has identified another grave risk to the health of Syrians in their war-torn country: tobacco.
June 08, 2016
UN cites environmental threats to public health in Europe
A United Nations report is warning that poor air quality and climate change are the two greatest threats to public health in ...
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