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Croatia legalizes freezing embryos over Vatican objections
Croatia’s parliament on Friday passed a new fertility law, easing what had been some of Europe’s most restrictive measures, despite opposition from the Catholic Church and conservatives. The new law notably authorises the freezing of embryos and recognises the right of single women to assisted fertilisation. It was supported by…
‘Mystery’ skin disease kills 19 in Vietnam: WHO
The World Health Organisation said Monday it was “concerned” about an outbreak of a mysterious skin disease in central Vietnam which has killed 19 people, mostly children. More than 170 people have fallen ill with the unidentified illness, which causes stiffness in the limbs and ulcers on victims’ hands and…
Human rights key in combating AIDS among gay men: WHO
ADDIS ABABA — Vast improvements in human rights and access to treatment are needed to protect gay men against HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Monday. “If you want to achieve zero new infections, you have to address the human rights issues,” WHO official Ying-Ru Lo said after a…
WHO links child mortality to economic crisis
The World Health Organisation warned on Saturday that only a stronger political commitment to child health could prevent a dangerous rise in mortality rates at a time of global economic turmoil. WHO Director General Margaret Chan told the opening of amaternal and child health event in the Uzbek capital Tashkent that mortality rates had reached their lowest levels in…
Climate to widen sleeping sickness risk to southern Africa
Sleeping sickness could threaten tens of millions more people as the tsetse fly which transmits the disease spreads to southern Africa as a result of global warming, a study published on Wednesday says. By 2090, an additional 40 to 77 million people could be at risk of exposure to the disease, the study concludes.…
Russia must tackle ‘critical’ suicide rate: experts
MOSCOW — Russia must launch a public health campaign to reduce the country’s suicide rate, among the highest in the world, top psychiatrists said on Thursday. In 2010, the suicide rate reached 23.5 per 100,000 people, the sixth highest in the world and well above the “critical” limit of 20…
Mosquito lab handles ‘world’s most dangerous animals’
SEATTLE (Reuters) – He keeps them in warm, comfortable bug dorms, feeds them on meals of human blood with the occasional sugar water snack and lives in awe of their killing power. Seattle-based research scientist Stefan Kappe says mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals in the world. Which is probably…
Palestinian leaders meet to endorse UN bid
The PLO Central Council was on Wednesday expected to endorse a decision by the Palestinian leadership to seek full membership in the United Nations in September. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas was to address council members at the meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, which got under way late…
New AIDS guidelines target global discrimination of gays
GENEVA — The World Health Organisation published Tuesday new global guidelines for expanding AIDS treatment, focusing for the first time on homosexuals, who face discrimination in many countries. “If we do not pay major attention to the epidemic in key populations, we will not be able to eliminate HIV” —…
WHO eyes 20 year nuclear health watch in Japan
GENEVA (AFP) – The World Health Organisation is seeking studies for up to 20 years to keep watch over public health in Japan following the Fukushima nuclear emergency, a senior official said on Wednesday. WHO environmental health chief Maria Neira played down a current risk to public health outside the…
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