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Everyday habits for healthier hearts

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Heart disease is one the world’s greatest killers at 17.1 million lives a year, according to WHO statistics, and becomes more dangerous once people get past 45. Thirty minutes exercise a day is a good habit to develop for a…

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TB is world’s largest infectious killer for fourth year in a row: WHO

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A report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) late last month in New York revealed tuberculosis (TB) is still the world’s single largest infectious killer in the world and in 2017 it killed 1.6 million people and infected 10…

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Assad Regime Poisoned 500 People In Douma, Syria: Claims

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World Health Organization has come up with report to the recent chemical weapon attack in Syria’s Douma revealing about 500 people were affected. The report was on Wednesday and it is based on reports from WHO’s Health Cluster partners. Eastern…

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Angola’s Yellow Fever Outbreak Is Threat To The World: WHO

The yellow fever outbreak in Angola since December 2015 now seems to be a threat to the entire world. Until now hundreds of people have died in the country. The mosquito-borne virus has been spread to 16 of its 18…

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Pregnant Women Suggested Not To Visit Zika Active Zones By WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) seems to be more concerned about Zika virus than what it was for Ebola about a year ago. Lately it has cautioned pregnant women from traveling to active Zika zones citing the link with birth…

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WHO Declares Zika Virus Outbreak A Global Emergency

Brazil says Zika virus outbreak is worst than believed and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it as a global emergency on Monday due to lack of definitive evidence proving it is causing a surge in newborns with brain defects…

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Zika Virus Spreading Explosively In America: WHO

Mosquito-borne Zika virus disease is spreading could affect about four million people in United States, said World Health Organization (WHO) Thursday in Geneva. Addressing to the member of executive board of WHO, director-general Margaret Chan said the disease has reached…

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