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World Health Organization chief says monkeypox is now a global emergency

Monkeypox "can be contained" in the United States, a top government physician said Sunday, a day after the head of the World Health Organization declared the virus a global health emergency.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/07/23/who-monkeypox-outbreak-global-emergency/10134299002/

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Mpox Is No Longer a Global Health Emergency, WHO Says

Mpox, a sometimes deadly virus that causes unsightly, painful rashes, is no longer a global health emergency, but more needs to be done to eradicate the disease, the World Health Organization said.

https://time.com/6279013/mpox-global-health-emergency-end-who/?

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Exclusive: WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen -sources

LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) - One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process, pitting it against the food industry and regulators.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/whos-cancer-research-agency-say-aspartame-sweetener-possible-carcinogen-sources-2023-06-29/?

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Agatha Thrash warned us years ago to stay away from all artificial sweeteners. 

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WHO director pledges to improve childhood cancer survival rates

A day after President Joe Biden faced criticism from Republicans for claiming, “We ended cancer as we know it,” the World Health Organization (WHO) addressed its goals for children’s cancer.

https://floridaphoenix.com/blog/who-director-pledges-to-improve-childhood-cancer-survival-rates/?

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WHO’s first traditional medicine summit splits opinions

The World Health Organization says the world-first summit will take an evidence-based approach — some are sceptical that much progress will be made.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02636-z?

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Internal documents show the World Health Organization paid sexual abuse victims in Congo $250 each

LONDON (AP) — Earlier this year, the doctor who leads the World Health Organization’s efforts to prevent sexual abuse travelled to Congo to address the biggest known sex scandal in the U.N. health agency’s history, the abuse of well over 100 local women by staffers and others during a deadly Ebola outbreak.

https://apnews.com/article/congo-who-sexual-abuse-ebola-f0720f9c241102a220a8d5b4a7fe52cf?

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Nearly 10,000 died from COVID-19 last month, fueled by holiday gatherings and new variant, WHO says

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. health agency said Wednesday holiday gatherings and the spread of the most prominent variant globally led to increased transmission of COVID-19 last month.

https://apnews.com/article/covid-flu-respiratory-winter-holiday-world-health-organization-tedros-f371e953b8034d16b1b0a1aba294d18c?

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WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading. Few vaccine doses are available on the continent.

https://apnews.com/article/who-mpox-africa-health-emergency-cc9bdf31b49d06bec5efd44fb55d5e42?

WHO declares international mpox emergency

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the deadly new form of mpox spreading through parts of Africa a global health emergency.

https://www.axios.com/2024/08/14/who-declare-international-mpox-emergency?

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Now that mpox is a global health emergency, will it trigger another pandemic?

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing outbreaks of mpox in Congo and elsewhere in Africa to be a global emergency, requiring urgent action to curb the virus’ transmission.

https://apnews.com/article/mpox-covid-who-pandemic-59548adbbd58df7e5d176fc244e02a58?

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Unhealthy food

Nearly two-thirds of supermarket baby foods in the US contain far too much sugar and salt and misleading marketing claims, a new study found. Almost none met World Health Organization standards for advertising, which require clear labeling of ingredients and accurate health information.

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Toxic smog

A thick, toxic smog has enveloped northern India and eastern Pakistan just days before the start of Diwali, a festival typically celebrated with fireworks that each year sends air quality plummeting. The air quality index in India’s capital Delhi earlier today was roughly 250, after days in the “very unhealthy” zone above 200, according to IQAir, which tracks global air quality. In the Pakistani city of Lahore, roughly 15 miles from the Indian border, air quality today surpassed a “hazardous” 500 — almost 65 times the World Health Organization’s guidelines for healthy air — making it the most polluted city in the world, according to IQAir. Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, is set to begin Thursday. During the five-day celebration, people gather with their families, feast and set off firecrackers, further exacerbating air pollution.

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Morocco produces Africa’s first mpox tests as the continent tries to rely less on imports

TAMESNA, Morocco (AP) — After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent on imported medical supplies. Now, in a first for Africa, a Moroccan company is filling orders for mpox tests as an outbreak continues.

https://apnews.com/article/africa-mpox-morocco-tests-health-160a6ac88cf9f7f5cad729c4dea97cde?