The first person known to be a US patient of the coronavirus outbreak is being treated by a robot to prevent the transmission of the fatalistic disease which has killed 17 people and infected hundreds more in China.

First US patient of coronavirus being treated by robot

United States federal agency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a 'level-two' travel alert which requires visitors to show evidence of polio vaccination for traveling to polio-endemic countries.

US federal agency issues travel alert for Pakistan, other polio-endemic countries

Authorities are investigating an outbreak of viral pneumonia in central China amid online speculation that it might be linked to SARS, the flu-like virus that killed hundreds of people a decade ago.

China probes mystery pneumonia outbreak amid SARS fears

The federal cabinet on December 24 has decided to give one-time permission for import of polio markers from India and reduce prices of 89 medicines by 15 per cent. The markers, which are used to mark the fingers of children after administering them polio vaccine, are approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO). #Pakistan #India #WHO #PolioMarkers #Polio

Pakistan to import polio markers from India, price of 89 medicines reduced by 15%

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A bus carrying Tunisian tourists crashed in mountains in the country's north on Sunday, killing 22 people and injuring 21, the interior ministry said. The bus was travelling through the Ain Snoussi region when it plunged over a cliff, the ministry said.

Bus accident kills 22 in northern Tunisia

Three Ebola workers in eastern DR Congo have been killed, adding to the toll of people who have died fighting the nearly 16-month-old epidemic, a local UN source said Thursday.

Three Ebola workers killed in troubled eastern DR Congo: UN

Japan is not at fault for the inability of parents to see their children after separating despite having visitation rights, a court ruled on Friday, in a case that critics say highlights the ineptitude of a judicial system that lacks enforcement powers.

Japan rules against divorced parents seeking access to children

When the voice of Humanity is silenced, the voice of Violence is heard for ages. Violence plagues the world and has plagued the world through all history. Structural Violence may last for a specific period.

Violence never abates – it resounds for ages

The world economy could be boosted by as much as $100 billion a year if employers successfully encouraged their staff to meet World Health Organization guidelines on exercise, according to an analysis of the economic impact of activity.

An extra 15 minute daily walk could boost global economy: Study

The GAVI global vaccines alliance on Friday called on donors for $7.4 billion to help immunize 300 million children against life-threatening diseases between 2021 and 2025, and save up to eight million lives.

Vaccines group seeks $7.4 billion to save up to 8 million lives

The world is backsliding in the fight against measles, which can disable or kill, especially children, with a record number of cases recorded up to August only since 2006 and nearly three times as many cases than in July 2018 at that time, the World Health Organization (WHO)

Global measles cases three times higher than last year: WHO

Rocket fire hit the Libyan capital's sole functioning airport Sunday, violating a temporary truce between the unity government and forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, airport authorities said.

Rocket fire hits Libya airport, breaking Eid truce

The World Health Organisation has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of Goma, it said on Sunday, helping contain what many feared would be a rapid spread in an urban centre.

WHO says no new Ebola cases in Goma, vaccinates over 1,300

Hundreds of Afghans, weary of war and unsure of the future, have joined a letter-writing campaign to share their feelings with the powerful few who will decide on peace with the Taliban and, with it, the fate of their country.

Letterbox campaign helps Afghans cope with silent war of mental health

A Congolese woman who may have spread the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda did not go to Rwanda or the Congolese city of Goma while contagious, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

Investigators conclude Ebola victim did not enter Rwanda: World Health Organisation

Rising heat due to climate change could lead to the loss of 80 million jobs by 2030, with poor countries worst hit, the United Nations said on Monday, as Europe sweltered in record temperatures.

Rising heat stress could cost 80 million jobs by 2030: United Nations

More than 300,000 people have fled inter-ethnic violence in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo since early June, complicating the tracing and treatment of patients at risk from Ebola, UN aid agencies said on Tuesday.

More than 300,000 flee Congo violence, complicating Ebola fight: United Nations

A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo's Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm.

WHO panel decides not to declare international Ebola emergency

A World Health Organization panel decided on Friday not to declare an international emergency over Congo`s Ebola outbreak despite its spread to Uganda this week, concluding such a declaration could cause too much economic harm.

The outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, which has infected more than 2,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has spread to Uganda, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Deadly Ebola virus spreads to Uganda from Democratic Republic Congo

Over half of 751 people diagnosed with HIV in Pakistan's Sindh province still await medical assistance, according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Pakistan: Over half of HIV patients in Sindh province remain without treatment: World Health Organisation

The World Health Organisation in a report claims that Excessive gaming can leads a individual to mental sickness and can even make his senses numb. The current trend of smartphone games has created havoc all around the world. Such games that includes violence and massive bloodshed can manipulate someone's character and personalit

'Excessive gaming can lead to mental illness' says World Health Organisation

'Endemic' corruption in North Korea, people survive by paying bribes: UN report North Koreans are forced to pay bribes to officials to survive in their isolated country where corruption is "endemic" and repression rife, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday in a report that Pyongyang dismissed as politically motivated.

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