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New York, July 9 (JEN) The origin of the new cluster of Ebola cases is “not yet well understood,” the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesdayabout the outbreak in West Africa where a residual lack of trust in the response means that some cases still evade detection for too long, increasing the risk of further transmission. more
Sensor technology can improve accuracy of prostate cancer diagnosis, research shows

Birmingham, July 8 (JEN) New research has shown how a smart sensor chip, able to pick up on subtle differences in glycoprotein molecules, can improve the accuracy and efficiency of prostate ...

Top Australian cancer researcher visits India

New Delhi, July 8 (JEN) One of Australia’s leading cancer experts, Dr Warwick Tong, is visiting India now to strengthen medical research links between both countries and explore potential ...

Top Australian cancer researcher visits India

New Delhi, July 8 (JEN) One of Australia’s leading cancer experts, Dr Warwick Tong, is visiting India now to strengthen medical research links between both countries and explore potential ...

UN health agency recommends taxing tobacco products to curb deadly global epidemic

New York, July 8 (JEN) Only one in 10 of people now live in countries that levy taxes of more than 75 per cent on a pack of cigarettes despite the fact that raising taxes on tobacco products ...

After missteps on Ebola, WHO must re-establish itself as 'guardian of global public health' – review panel

New York, July 8 (JEN) The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has welcomed the report issued today by a panel of experts tasked to look into the agency's response to the unpreced ...

UN: cholera outbreaks can be controlled thanks to vaccines, water and sanitation

New York, July 7 (JEN) Use of oral vaccines is proving to be an effective tool to control outbreaks of cholera, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, adding that ...

Ebola: as virus resurfaces in Liberia, UNICEF teams and supplies arrive in affected areas

New York, July 4 (JEN) In a speedy response to Liberia's first confirmed cases of Ebola in more than three months, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has begun distributing emergenc ...

EUOR launches mobile health App

Kolkata, July 2 (JEN) EUOR has launched a mobile health App-EUOR HEALTH- in Kolkata recently.

Cholera eradication in Haiti will take ‘some years,’ says outgoing UN coordinator

New York, July 1 (JEN) While some 16,000 new cases of cholera have been reported in Haiti so far this year, the disease is now under control but it will not be eradicated unless improving wa ...