World Health Organisation

Swine flu wreaks havoc in world, India on alert This latest virus is a mix of strains of pig, bird and human flu. ...  
11:05 AM, May 02, 2009

New virus less lethal than bird flu, SARS: Mexico
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The new variant of H1N1 Influenza A has killed 15 people in Mexico. ...  
10:25 AM, May 02, 2009

WHO to raise alert level as H1N1 virus spreads WHO changed the name from swine flu to clarify that it is not caused by pigs. ...  
12:05 PM, May 01, 2009

US reports first swine flu death as epidemic spreads
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In US a 23-month-old baby died in Texas on Wednesday. ...  
06:24 PM, Apr 29, 2009

WHO declares swine flu global medical emergency Swine flu has taken more than 150 lives in Mexico alone. ...  
03:14 PM, Apr 28, 2009

Swine flu: Where it all started

The World Health Organisation has raised a pandemic alert. ...
03:12 PM, Apr 28, 2009

World on high alert as swine flu spreads | FAQs India has issued travel advisory to prevent the flu outbreak in the country. ...  
12:15 AM, Apr 28, 2009

Gaza at risk of disease outbreaks: WHO chief
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Post fighting, Gaza Strip now faces a high risk of disease outbreaks. ...  
10:00 AM, Jan 20, 2009

Kosi leaves behind a trail of death, disease in Bihar Ten cases of diarrhoea deaths have been reported from Supaul district. ...  
06:27 PM, Sep 07, 2008

Eight out of ten women in India die of cervical cancer Cape Town: Back-to-back wins over two star-studded Indian Premier League teams -- Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings -- have made the Highveld Lions a force to reckon with in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament, feels senior batsman Neil McKenzie. After getting the better of defending CLT20 champions Mumbai Indians in their first match, the South African outfit stunned Chennai Super Kings by six wickets at Newlands last...  
12:03 PM, Jul 08, 2008

Unhealthy Indians will cause $237 bn-loss to country 19th over: 127 for 6. With 12 require from two overs, but Srikkanth was in a hurry to finish off things. First ball from Tait goes for a six and in the next one cleans up Srikkanth with a perfect yorker, but was a no-ball. The next ball goes for a bye boundary which eventually wins the match for Chennai by four wickets. 18th over: 115 for 6. Anirudha Srikkanth...  
03:11 PM, May 21, 2008

Night is not right: Working nights can cause cancer New Delhi: Senior batsman VVS Laxman on Friday said that openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will be key to India's campaign at the Cricket World Cup starting next month and the duo will have to fire if the co-host wants to lift the coveted trophy. Laxman tipped India the hot favourites to win the World Cup given the favourable home conditions and the crowd support. "Gambhir and Sehwag have...  
01:43 PM, Dec 05, 2007

Breast cancer 2nd highest death cause Doctors blame a western lifestyle for the increase in breast cancer cases. ...  
01:45 AM, Oct 16, 2007

Keep moving...immobility is dangerous! Sitting for 4 hours at a stretch could double the risk of getting blood clots. ...  
04:10 PM, Jul 06, 2007

'WHO will soon accept yoga's potential' Yoga guru Ramdev claimed that the World Health Organisation (WHO) would recognise the utility of yoga 'very soon'. ...  
11:58 PM, Jan 06, 2007

Drug resistant TB cases even bigger India, China and Russia account for more than half of all cases of drug resistant TB worldwide, says WHO. ...  
04:55 PM, Dec 18, 2006

Sweet seawater unsafe by WHO standards
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Based on studies by scientists, BMC stated that lowering of salinity of seawater was due to percolating rainwater. ...  
07:35 PM, Aug 19, 2006