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Our population is aging, and age-related diseases such as dementia are on the rise. According to a WHO report, the worldwide incidence of dementia is expected to double by 2030 to 65.7 million and triple by 2050 to 115.4 million.
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An overwhelming support of New Yorkers for the Occupy Wall Street movement shows that only 11% of New Yorkers blame Obama for the current economic problems.
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Seven children are in serious condition in the French city of Lille following an E. Coli outbreak linked to frozen ground beef.
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Radiation from cellphones has been listed as a potential cancer risk by the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today. The determination was made by a team of 31 scientists in the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
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With the ongoing threat of a global influenza pandemic as a backdrop, the World Health Organization announced that it is working with a large pool of nations to more readily share viral samples to help avert more widespread infection.
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A video of two young children smoking on a train has gone viral on Chinese social media networks and sparked heated debate in China about its massive smoking habit.
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Three out of four people with mental health conditions in low- and middle-income countries do not have access to needed mental health treatment. Even in high-income countries, this figure is relatively high at 35-50 percent, according to a WHO study.
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In press conference today, WHO director general Dr Margaret Chan has announced an end to the H1N1 pandemic that had been declared on June 11, 2009. He added that we're now in the post-pandemic phase and that the virus has largely run its course.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a health warning to people people travelling to South Africa, including avid soccer fans heading to the World Cup.
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Close to half a million Department of Health (DOH) health workers spread throughout the Philippines will start receiving their H1NI virus vaccination this week.
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