Tag: health

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Coronavirus restrictions announced for the cruise industry

  

  On advice from the Cruise Lines International Association and health officials, Carnival Cruise Line has announced new restrictions due to the Coronavirus outbreak. This also comes after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency as the virus continues to spread not just in China but around the world and the numbers keep on going up.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Coronavirus deaths piling in China; health authorities scramble to prevent a global pandemic

  

  The official death toll from the coronavirus in China jumped on early Saturday to 41 from 26 a day before, as local media reported a doctor on the frontline of the battle to contain the virus in Wuhan city had died.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Coronavirus outbreak has become a global health emergency; WHO cautious, “it's a bit too early”

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it was “a bit too early” to declare a new coronavirus a global health emergency as China put millions of people on lockdown amid an outbreak that has killed 25 people and infected more than 800.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Women who have frequent sex delay entering menopause

  

  Women approaching menopause who have frequent sex are less likely to cross that threshold than women of the same age who are not as active sexually, researchers said on Wednesday.

• Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 21:44 UTC

  US Environment agency reaffirms glyphosate does not cause cancer; contradicts California court verdict

  

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Justice Department said a federal appeals court should reverse a lower court verdict finding Bayer AG liable in the case of a California man who blamed its Roundup weed killer for his cancer.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 07:16 UTC

  Stand up and exercise, WHO tells adolescents in its latest report on obesity

  

  Teenagers worldwide are jeopardizing their health by failing to get enough exercise to reduce their risk of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, a World Health Organization-led study released on Friday warns.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  Diabetes epidemic affects 460 million, 1 in 11 adults and is top-10 killer worldwide

  

  More than 460 million people - 1 in 11 adults - now suffer from diabetes, largely brought on by an over-rich lifestyle short on exercise, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) said on Thursday.

• Wednesday, November 6th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  WHO recommends 15 minutes daily walking to improve productivity and life expectancy

  

  The world economy could be boosted by as much as US$100 billion a year if employers successfully encouraged their staff to meet World Health Organization guidelines on exercise, according to an analysis of the economic impact of the activity.

• Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Privatized services plus health, education and pension's costs, the right blend for Chile's social explosion

  

  It is not poverty that is driving Chile's middle class into the streets to join massive protests: it is debt, brought on by sky-high private health and education costs that have created an economic fragility many find unbearable.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Universal Health Coverage passes key global milestone

  

  The World Health Organization welcomed a new Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Resolution on achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. The resolution, adopted at the IPU Assembly in Belgrade, Serbia, comes one month after heads of state agreed on a high-level United Nations Political Declaration on UHC in New York.