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‘Bad’ fats targeted in new global health guidelines

Friday, May 04, 2018 - 6:00 AM

People everywhere need to cut down on their consumption of artery-clogging fatty foods, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging, in a new report released on Friday.

90 per cent of the planet is breathing in polluted air – World Health Organization

Wednesday, May 02, 2018 - 6:00 AM

Air pollution claims seven million lives a year, UN health experts said on Wednesday, amid new data showing that the problem affects nine out of ten people worldwide.

‘Bold action’ needed to end tuberculosis, AIDS – UN

Friday, March 23, 2018 - 6:00 AM

Claiming more than 4,500 lives daily, tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the top infectious killer worldwide as well as the leading cause of death among people living with HIV, the United Nations said Friday, ahead of World Tuberculosis Day.