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Cleaner Air Could Prevent More Than 9 Million Deaths a Year, Study Finds
Meeting WHO air-quality guidelines could prevent 9.4 million deaths annually, while reducing disease, healthcare costs and lost productivity…
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WHO Says Six Climate Actions Could Prevent 1.6 Million Deaths Each Year
The WHO says six climate and health measures could prevent 1.6 million deaths each year and generate major…
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Lancet Countdown Calls for Climate Change to Be Declared a Global Health Emergency
The Lancet Countdown report urges the WHO and UN to declare climate change a global health emergency as…
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WHO Europe Meeting: Ireland’s Health Minister to Represent EU in Copenhagen
Ireland’s Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill will represent the EU at the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in…
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Russia Gives WHO Update After Death at Siberian Plague Institute
Russia tells the WHO no plague cases have been recorded in Irkutsk after a laboratory worker died at…
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Cork Climate and Health Summit: WHO Mayors’ Meeting Opens in Cork City
Cork hosts the WHO Summit of Mayors on Climate and Health, bringing European leaders together to advance practical,…
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WHO says aid warehouse in Dnipro destroyed after repeated strikes
WHO says a humanitarian medical warehouse in Dnipro was destroyed after repeated strikes, deepening concern over attacks on…
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Wildfires surge across Europe as WHO warns of rising health risks
WHO warns wildfires are rising across Europe, bringing growing health risks, smoke pollution and pressure for stronger climate…
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WHO warns wildfires in Europe are rising sharply, with growing health risks
WHO warns wildfires are rising across Europe, bringing wider health, air-quality and climate risks beyond the immediate fire…
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Europe News: Wildfire Smoke Becomes a Growing Health Emergency Across Europe, WHO Warns
WHO warns wildfire smoke is becoming a cross-border health emergency in Europe, with risks reaching far beyond active…
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Europe News: Wildfire Smoke Becomes a Health Emergency Beyond the Flames, WHO Warns
WHO warns wildfire smoke is becoming a major health emergency across Europe, with risks spreading far beyond active…
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Europe News: Chickenpox sweeps Gaza camps as thousands of cases emerge in two weeks
Chickenpox cases are surging in Gaza camps, with doctors warning overcrowding, poor sanitation and vaccine gaps are driving…
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Europe News: Wildfires Up 57% in Europe in Four Years, WHO Warns
WHO warns wildfires in Europe have jumped 57% in four years, intensifying public health and climate risks across…
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Europe News: Wildfires up 57% in Europe in four years, WHO warns
WHO says wildfires in Europe have risen 57% since 2022, with smoke and heat posing growing health risks…
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Europe news: France heatwave deaths top 5,700 in deadliest June heat event since 2003
France recorded at least 5,764 excess deaths during the June heatwave, the country’s deadliest heat event since 2003.
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Breaking News: Ebola Response Disrupted as Congo Health Workers Walk Off the Job Over Unpaid Wages
Some Ebola frontline workers in DR Congo have stopped working over unpaid wages, raising fears that containment efforts…
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Europe News: WHO declares cruise-linked hantavirus outbreak over
WHO has declared the cruise-linked hantavirus outbreak over after the final monitored contact tested negative.