The radiation emitted by mobile phones has been classified as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" by a World Health Organization (WHO) scientific working group. [More]
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On World No Tobacco Day, World Health Organization warns of dangerous trend in tobacco-related deaths
Read More »Would A Fish By Any Other Name Taste The Same? Study Finds Rampant Seafood Mislabeling
Have you ever had the sneaking suspicion that the red snapper on your plate may actually be another kind of fish entirely?
Read More »HIV May Be Culprit in Spread of Measles
Measles has been all but eradicated in the developed world, but it still claims more than 160,000 lives in developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, has been hit hard in the past few years.
Read More »Noise Pollution Is Secretly Killing You, Says a New Study
Air pollution, in case you missed the memo, is really bad for you.
Read More »World Health Day
We bet you can't guess the theme of this year's World Health Day. And no, that line wasn't laced with sarcasm -- really, we bet you can't.
Read More »Health risk from Japan reactor seems quite low-WHO
GENEVA, March 12 (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation(WHO) said on Saturday that the public health risk from Japan's [More]
Read More »WHO over-extended, not performing well enough: chief
In a critical assessment of the United Nations body she has headed since 2006, Chan described wasteful overlap with other health financiers and said the WHO needed to concentrate on areas where it can make the most impact.
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