Ebola vaccine trials could start in west Africa in December – a month earlier than formerly planned – and hundreds of thousands of doses should be ready by mid-2015, the World Health Organisation has said. A high level meeting of … read more
GENEVA: Ebola remains a global emergency, the World Health Organization said Thursday, flagging grave concerns over hard-hit Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. “The situation in these countries remains of great concern,” the UN agency said after a session of its … read more
ABUJA: Africa’s most populous nation Nigeria was on Monday declared officially Ebola free but warned that it remained vulnerable as long as the virus was raging elsewhere in west Africa. The country representative of the World Health Organisation, Rui Gama … read more
Control animal protein intake and steer clear of sweetened drinks as they can spike your blood sugar levels, says an expert. Medical nutrition consultant Kalpana Gupta Shekhawat suggests what to include in and exclude from your diet: Moderate carbohydrate reduction: … read more
GENEVA: The death toll in the world´s worst-ever Ebola outbreak has shot past 4,500, killing at least half of the more than 9,000 people infected, fresh World Health Organization figures showed Friday. In its latest update, the UN health agency … read more