The development comes as the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a pandemic and a number of countries announced tough measures to combat the infectious disease. The United States has suspended travel from 26 European countries, while Italy has toughened a lockdown, closing all shops, except supermarkets and pharmacies. The world’s super-rich across the globe are heading to doomsday bunkers... 

The World Health Organisation (WHO) director general has warned vaccinated people to be cautious and not fall into a “false sense of security” regarding covid-19. During a WHO media briefing about the apparent covid crisis in Europe on Wednesday, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: “In many countries and communities, we are concerned about the false sense of security that vaccines have ended... 

Result based on an article from 2017 detailing Gates’ ‘sway’ over the World Health Organisation. A search for “who is the most powerful doctor in the world?” on Google provides the answer as Bill Gates. The finding is doing the rounds on social media: In response to the query, the entire first page of results lists Bill Gates, who isn’t even a doctor, based on a Politico article from 2017... 

This comes as the World Health Organisation holds a press conference in Wuhan after spending four weeks in the city investigating the origins of the virus. The original animal carrier of COVID-19 has not yet been identified, WHO said during a press conference in China’s Wuhan on Tuesday. According to Liang Wannian, a Chinese expert from Tsinghua University, bats and pangolins have been ruled... 

Some 361 people have succumbed to the new coronavirus since its outbreak in December in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a global health emergency as the contagion continued spreading further with cases of infection and one fatality reported abroad. The United States has created and spread panic following the outbreak of the coronavirus infection in China, but failed... 

Poor countries that adopt unhealthy ‘Westernized’ lifestyles are expected to see the greatest rise. The number of people with cancer is set to surge by more than 75% across the world by 2030, with particularly sharp rises in poor countries as they adopt unhealthy “Westernized” lifestyles, a study said on Friday. Many developing countries were expected to see a rise in living standards in coming... 

Cases of dementia are anticipated to rise significantly in the coming decades due to improvements in life expectancy and medical care in poorer countries, warns the World Health Organisation (WHO). In 2010, approximately 35.6 million people were living with dementia, a figure expected to double to 65.7 million by 2030 and triple to 115.4 million by 2050, according to the United Nations health agency... 

Two weeks ago, the World Health Organisation warned for the first time that mobile phones may cause cancer – urging users to limit their use. The warning followed Interphone’s research from 13 countries that found that the even just using a phone for 15 minutes a day could substantially increase the risk of a brain tumour. But it could come to late for many mobile addicts, as it takes... 

Eleanor Carruthers, 68, had the flu vaccine in October but died after catching the swine strain. A grandmother-of-three thought she was safe from swine flu after she had the vaccine months ago. But Eleanor Carruthers, 68, from Merseyside became the latest victim of the outbreak on Saturday. Mrs Carruthers was seriously ill with emphysema and lung cancer, but had had the flu vaccination in October to... 

Israel’s treatment of Ethiopians “racist” Health officials in Israel are subjecting many female Ethiopian immigrants to a controversial long-term birth control drug in what Israeli women’s groups allege is a racist policy to reduce the number of black babies. The contraceptive, known as Depo Provera, which is given by injection every three months, is considered by many doctors as a...