At least 19 people have died since early June after drinking alcohol tainted with methanol in Costa Rica, prompting a national alert and widening the focus on the problem of bootleg liquor in Latin America. The Costa Rican Health Ministry said in a preliminary report on Friday it counted 14 men and five women, ranging in age from 32 to 72, who’ve died after drinking adulterated liquor. “The Ministry... 

The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people . A WHO expert committee declined on three previous occasions to advise the United Nations health agency to make the declaration for this outbreak, even though other experts say it has long met the required conditions.... 

Transgender health issues will no longer be classified as a mental and behavioral disorder by the World Health Organization. Instead transgender will be listed under a chapter on sexual health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been praised by doctors and advocates for removing the stigma around transgender people in its latest changes to the global manual of diagnoses. A WHO expert says the... 

Pneumonic plague—a deadly airborne disease similar to septicemic plague and bubonic plague—has broken out on Uganda’s border with Democratic Republic of Congo and several fatalities have already been reported, according to the World Health Organization. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Pneumonic plague occurs when the bacterium Yersinia pestis infects the lungs. The Y. Pestis... 

Health professionals and policymakers see vaccination skeptics as a public menace, but forcing Facebook, YouTube, Amazon and others to shut them down has its own hazards, and probably won’t work either. From giving a hero’s welcome in Congress to the Ohio teen who defied his mother to get his jab, to a slew of editorials, to panicked statements from public officials about the return of measles... 

A “new” strain of deadly bird flu dubbed “Disease X” by the World Health Organization (WHO) has killed hundreds of people in China, and is just three mutations away from becoming transmissible between humans, according to experts. The strain, H7N9, circulates in poultry and has killed 623 people out of 1,625 infected in China – a mortality rate of 38.3%. While first identified in China in... 

558 million Central and Southern Asians and 220 million sub-Saharan Africans defecate in the open—and only 36 percent of Asians and 28 percent of Africans have access to “basic” toilets, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO report, formally titled “Progress on Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Update and SDG Baselines 2017,” and released on the WHO/UNICEF Joint... 

A leading world health expert has warned of an “antibiotic apocalypse” if the growing threat of drug-resistant superbugs is not tackled urgently. Professor Dame Sally Davies — who is England’s chief medical officer — fears also that if antibiotics lose their effectiveness, it could spell “the end of modern medicine.” Without the drugs used to fight infections, common... 

On January 18th, in an article titled, “Bill Gates is Teaming Up with World Leaders to Stop the Next Deadly Pandemic,” Business Insider reported that “Governments from Germany, Japan, and Norwpandeay have pooled funds along with the Gates Foundation to raise a total of $490 million so far. The target is $1 billion, which Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) says will help... 

A Lesson In History And Math On Saturday, extremist Michael Moore falsely insinuated that Mr. Trump was guilty of carnage. Moore was reading from a copy of the Washington Post, “‘New President vows to end American carnage.’ Mr. Trump we are here to vow to end the Trump carnage.” The comments that Michael Moore made were in front of a very pro-abortion crowd, which is ironic. Michael Moore... 

The mosquito-borne Zika virus is set to spread in all countries across the Americas, except Canada and Chile, the World Health Organization has warned. Women planning to travel to areas where Zika is circulating should consult their healthcare provider before traveling and on return, the WHO said. In Brazil 2,700 cases of birth defects are suspected to have been triggered by Zika and authorities urging... 

China has raised the air pollution alert level to its second-highest for the capital city of Beijing, calling on residents to stay indoors. Authorities issued an “orange level” alert in Beijing on Sunday after pollution readings reached 17 times the level deemed safe by the World Health Organization. The declaration of the orange level will mandate air polluting factories and industrial plants... 

Redacted documents detailing covert meetings between the European Commission (EC) and powerful tobacco lobbyists have compounded fears a secretive EU-US trade deal would allow tobacco giants to sue governments that attempt to legislate in the public interest. The documents, which confirmed the EC had met with lobbyists paid to peddle the interests of Big Tobacco, were published earlier this week. The... 

Brazilians, amongst other western nations, consume 4-5 times more sugar than the quantity recommended by the WHO (World Health Organization). Learn how it affects your eyes. Sugar consumption is growing worldwide and has become a major public health issue in several countries. Sugar consumption is growing worldwide and has become a major public health issue in several countries. Brazil is one of them.... 

Scientists have produced a prototype vaccine with promising results in treating MERS. Scientists say they have produced a prototype vaccine against the lung infection MERS coronavirus that has shown promising results. According to the study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, the vaccine has been successful in guarding monkeys and camels against the deadly disease. “The data...