/tags/world-health-organization World Health Organization en-US Copyright Sun, 06 Apr 2025 21:55:49 GMT /health-wellness/2025-04-06/a-second-texas-child-has-died-from-measles-rfk-jr-visits About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the West Texas town that has been the epicenter of the outbreak. Sun, 06 Apr 2025 21:55:49 GMT /health-wellness/2025-04-06/a-second-texas-child-has-died-from-measles-rfk-jr-visits Pooja Salhotra | The Texas Tribune /health-wellness/2024-06-24/u-s-is-flying-blind-with-bird-flu-repeating-mistakes-of-covid-health-experts-say Three months into the U.S. bird flu outbreak, only 45 people have been tested and clinical labs aren't approved to detect the virus. They complain of slowness and uncertainty from the CDC and FDA. Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:57:43 GMT /health-wellness/2024-06-24/u-s-is-flying-blind-with-bird-flu-repeating-mistakes-of-covid-health-experts-say Amy Maxmen /health-wellness/2022-08-04/texas-has-an-official-death-count-from-the-2021-blackout-the-true-toll-may-never-be-known Manjula Shah died from hypothermia during the freeze. Her husband, Lalji, died four months later. She's in the state's official tally of freeze-related deaths. Like hundreds of other Texans, he is not. Thu, 04 Aug 2022 15:10:44 GMT /health-wellness/2022-08-04/texas-has-an-official-death-count-from-the-2021-blackout-the-true-toll-may-never-be-known Andrew Weber, Mose Buchele /news/2022-06-08/texas-reports-first-case-of-monkeypox-but-officials-say-it-poses-little-risk-to-the-public The case was identified in a Dallas County resident who recently traveled internationally. About 35 cases have now been identified across 14 states and Washington, D.C., this year, according to the CDC. Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:15:23 GMT /news/2022-06-08/texas-reports-first-case-of-monkeypox-but-officials-say-it-poses-little-risk-to-the-public The Texas Tribune /science-technology/2021-06-26/what-should-i-know-about-the-delta-variant Sat, 26 Jun 2021 14:00:42 GMT /science-technology/2021-06-26/what-should-i-know-about-the-delta-variant Associated Press /science-technology/2021-06-01/alpha-beta-instead-of-britain-south-africa-why-the-who-is-renaming-covid-variants The new names won't replace the scientific names already assigned to new variants, but the WHO said it's making the change to help avoid fueling stigma toward nations where new variants arise. Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:31:08 GMT /science-technology/2021-06-01/alpha-beta-instead-of-britain-south-africa-why-the-who-is-renaming-covid-variants Jason Breslow /news/2021-03-10/nearly-1-in-3-women-experience-violence-landmark-report-from-who A report that gathered data from 161 countries and areas paints a "horrifying picture," said WHO's director-general. And there's concern that the pandemic has made matters worse. Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:00:25 GMT /news/2021-03-10/nearly-1-in-3-women-experience-violence-landmark-report-from-who Maria Godoy /news/2020-02-13/first-case-of-coronavirus-identified-in-texas-group-returning-from-china-quarantined-in-san-antonio The first confirmed case of the coronavirus in Texas was announced Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The patient is among a group… Thu, 13 Feb 2020 17:28:17 GMT /news/2020-02-13/first-case-of-coronavirus-identified-in-texas-group-returning-from-china-quarantined-in-san-antonio Stacy Fernandez/The Texas Tribune /news/2020-01-30/who-declares-global-emergency-over-virus-from-china The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has been exported to more than a dozen countries as a global… Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:04:50 GMT /news/2020-01-30/who-declares-global-emergency-over-virus-from-china Associated Press /science/2020-01-30/health-experts-human-to-human-spread-of-new-virus-worrying World health officials expressed “great concern” Wednesday that a dangerous new virus is starting to spread between people outside of China, a troubling… Thu, 30 Jan 2020 14:30:00 GMT /science/2020-01-30/health-experts-human-to-human-spread-of-new-virus-worrying Associated Press