- California Assembly OKs highest minimum wage in nation
- S. Korea unveils first graphic cigarette warnings
- US joins with South Korea, Japan in bid to deter North Korea
- LPGA golfer Chun In-gee finally back in action
- S. Korea won’t be top seed in final World Cup qualification round
- US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
- US back on track in qualifying with 4-0 win over Guatemala
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- CDC expands range of Zika mosquitoes into parts of Northeast
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All posts tagged "WHO"
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WHO declares global emergency over Zika virus spread
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared an international emergency on Monday over the explosive spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, which is linked to birth defects in the Americas, saying it is an “extraordinary event.”...
- Posted February 1, 2016
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UN health chief: Zika virus is ‘spreading explosively’
GENEVA (AP) — Declaring that the Zika virus is “spreading explosively,” the World Health Organization announced it will hold an emergency meeting of independent experts Monday to decide if the outbreak should be declared an international health...
- Posted January 28, 2016
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Thailand reports 2nd MERS case in a man from Oman
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has reported its second confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, detected in a 71-year-old man from Oman who arrived in Bangkok on Friday. Thailand’s Public Health Ministry announced Sunday that...
- Posted January 25, 2016
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UN agency puts processed meats in same danger category as smoking
PARIS (AP) — Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: The World Health Organization threw its global weight behind years of experts’ warnings and declared Monday that processed meats raise the risk of colon and...
- Posted October 26, 2015
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WHO criticizes S. Korea’s handling of MERS virus, warns other countries
The World Health Organization (WHO) made an example of South Korea’s handling of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak while warning to other countries. Reasons for the difficulty of containing the virus were attributed to “lack...
- Posted June 17, 2015
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WHO: MERS not spreading outside S. Korea hospitals
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The MERS virus in South Korea, which has killed 14 people and infected nearly 140 in the largest outbreak outside the Middle East, hasn’t spread outside hospitals among the wider community or...
- Posted June 14, 2015
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WHO says MERS in S. Korea ‘large and complex’
SEOUL/SEJONG, June 13 (Yonhap) — The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Saturday that South Korea may have to brace for a drawn-out battle against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), saying that its outbreak is “large and complex.”...
- Posted June 13, 2015