Video gaming addictive like cocaine: WHO
Video gaming can be addictive in the same way as cocaine or gambling, the World… Read More
7 years ago
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WHO hopes to use Ebola vaccine to stem Congo outbreak
GENEVA: The World Health Organization is preparing for the worst case scenario in an Ebola… Read More
7 years ago
Eat less saturated, trans fats to curb heart disease: WHO
GENEVA: Adults and children should consume a maximum of 10 percent of their daily calories… Read More
7 years ago
Addictive gaming to be recognised as disease: WHO
GENEVA: "Gaming disorder" will be recognised as a disease later this year following expert consensus… Read More
8 years ago
WHO chief reverses Mugabe ambassador appointment
GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization on Sunday reversed his decision to name… Read More
8 years ago
Appointment of Mugabe as goodwill WHO envoy shocks human rights groups
GENEVA: The appointment of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador of the World… Read More
8 years ago
Polio paralyses 17 children in Syria: WHO
GENEVA: A polio outbreak in war-ravaged Syria has paralysed at least 17 children since March,… Read More
8 years ago
Pakistan elected chair of WHO Executive Board
GENEVA: Pakistan is set to lead the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board, after its… Read More
8 years ago
Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO
GENEVA: Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the… Read More
8 years ago
World Health Assembly elects Tedros Ghebreyesus as new WHO Director-General
GENEVA: The Member States of World Health Organisation on Tuesday elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus… Read More
8 years ago
Pakistani among three vie for top WHO post in first election at UN health agency
GENEVA: A Pakistani expert in non-communicable diseases, a British physician and an Ethiopian former health… Read More
8 years ago
WHO urges polio vaccine dose cut amid global shortage
GENEVA: Faced with a shortage of polio vaccine, the World Health Organisation urged countries on… Read More
8 years ago
Cases of hepatitis B and C hit 325 million: WHO
GENEVA: An estimated 325 million people are living with hepatitis B or C and few… Read More
8 years ago
Two billion people drinking contaminated water: WHO
NEW YORK: Dramatic improvements are needed in ensuring access to clean water and sanitation worldwide,… Read More
8 years ago
Global depression numbers surge in past decade: WHO
GENEVA: Cases of depression have ballooned almost 20 percent in a decade, making the debilitating… Read More
8 years ago
City noise linked to hearing loss: study
BERLIN: Urban noise pollution and hearing loss are closely linked, according to rankings of 50… Read More
8 years ago
UN wants new drugs against twelve supergerms
PARIS: The UN's health agency urged governments, scientists and pharma companies Monday to create new… Read More
8 years ago
WHO needs to earn trust as world’s leading health agency: Sania Nishter
ISLAMABAD: World Health Organization (WHO) needs to reclaim its primacy, earn the world’s trust as… Read More
9 years ago
Pakistan’s Sania Nishtar among finalists named to lead WHO
GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Wednesday picked three finalists for the role of its… Read More
9 years ago
Living close to major roads increases dementia risk: study
LONDON: People living near major roads have a higher chance of developing dementia, according to… Read More
9 years ago