World Health Organization

Accentuating the need for access to timely diagnosis and more effective drugs, World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report stating that out of the 400,000 people worldwide infected with drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2008, 14000 died.

The cases of swine flu may be falling but the HINI pandemic is not over yet. Currently, the virus is waning, but only temporarily. It is expected to recur the following fall, according to World Health Organization (WHO).

Chicago, July 24: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday disapproved the use of e-cigarettes again after finding cancer causing ingredients in the smokeless devices.

Beijing, June 22: China's first batch of vaccines for influenza A (H1N1), better known as swine flu, have been produced by a pharmaceutical firm, an official said Monday.

Wellington, June 19: A 30-year-old New Zealand woman was reported to be critically ill with swine flu Friday as the health ministry officially accepted that the disease had spread so widely that it could not contain it.

London, June 15: The first swine flu death outside the Americas was reported in Scotland, a government spokesman said Sunday in Glasgow.