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Washington, D.C., 28 January 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — The influenza season is well under way in the Northern Hemisphere, sickening thousands of people, in some cases severely enough to result in hospitalization or even death. Below are…
Patient had history of travel to China and is recovering without hospitalization
Washington, D.C., 28 January 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — The Government of Canada has confirmed the first human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in the Americas, a resident of British Columbia who had recently traveled to China and fell ill after returning. The patient is…
Geneva, Switzerland, 25 January 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is an opportunity to strengthen outbreak alert and response within countries and to improve international coordination and preparedness for future outbreaks, said a group of countries from the Americas yesterday at a special briefing on Ebola during the 136th…
Opening session focuses on Ebola outbreak in AfricaWashington, D.C., 23 January 2015 (PAHO/WHO) — The Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) is meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, this week and next (25 Jan. to 3 Feb.) to discuss global health issues including antimicrobial resistance, the International Health Regulations, adolescent…
The fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the…Malian authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the end of the outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Mali since 42 days had elapsed after the last Ebola case tested negative in laboratory tests on the 6 December 2014.
Bamako, 18 January 2015 - Malian authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the…
Urgent government action is needed to meet global targets to…
Dr. Isabella Danel, a U.S. citizen and former official of the…
One year after the first Ebola cases started to surface in Guinea, WHO is…