Zika crisis: Rio Olympics ‘should be moved or postponed’
Source: BBC More than 100 leading scientists say the Rio Olympics should be moved or postponed over the Zika outbreak. The group says new findings about the virus make it […]
The Sexual Misery of the Arab World
Lire en français (Read in French) | اقرأ المقال بالعربية (Read in Arabic) Contributing Op-Ed Writer By KAMEL DAOUD FEB. 12, 2016 Photo CreditEiko Ojala ORAN, Algeria — AFTER Tahrir came Cologne. After the square came sex. The Arab revolutions of 2011 aroused enthusiasm at first, but passions have since […]
Zika Crisis May Get Worse Before It Gets Better, WHO Chief Says
Source: Time The mosquito-borne disease has already been reported in 46 countries The Zika virus that has thus far affected close to 50 countries will likely continue to spread and […]
Dogma Before Reason: Catholic Church, Zika Virus and Abortion
Epigraph: All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and […]
Zika virus infection ‘through sex’ reported in US
Source: BBC A rare case of the Zika virus being transmitted through sex, not a mosquito bite, has been reported in the US. A patient infected in Dallas, Texas, is […]
WHO declares Zika virus a global emergency
Zika-linked condition: WHO declares global emergency Source: BBC A disease linked to the Zika virus in Latin America poses a global public health emergency requiring a united response, says the […]
The tech giving people power to deal with disability
Source: BBC Worldwide, around a billion people have a disability, says the World Health Organisation. In Europe and America, this is one in five people. And since they are less […]
Zika virus ‘spreading explosively,’ WHO leader says
Source: CNN (CNN)The Zika virus is “is now spreading explosively” in the Americas, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday, with another official estimating between 3 million to […]
Zika virus: Outbreak ‘likely to spread across Americas’ says WHO
Source: BBC The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned. The infection, which causes symptoms including mild fever, conjunctivitis […]
Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone bodies found piled up in Kono
BBC News: Health officials in Sierra Leone have discovered scores of bodies in a remote diamond-mining area, raising fears that the scale of the Ebola outbreak may have been underreported. The World Health Organization said they uncovered a “grim scene” in the eastern district of Kono. A WHO response team […]
Ebola death rates 70% – WHO study
New figures suggest 70% of those infected with Ebola in West Africa have died, higher than previously reported, says the World Health Organization. Ebola infections will treble to 20,000 by November if efforts to tackle the outbreak are not stepped up, the UN agency has warned. In the worst case […]