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WHO: Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk

Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.

WHO study has no clear answer on phones and cancer

Experts who studied almost 13,000 cell phone users over 10 years, hoping to find out whether the mobile devices cause brain tumors, said on Sunday their research gave no clear answer.

Ash cloud grounds European flights after Icelandic volcano erupts; WHO warns residents to stay indoors

On Thursday, at least 5,000 flights across Europe have been canceled and will continue to be banned in most part of northern Europe on Friday due to the drifting ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland.

May take a year to conquer H1N1 flu pandemic: WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - The H1N1 flu pandemic may not be conquered until 2011, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Swine flu spreading at 'unbelievable' rate: WHO

PARIS — Swine flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 percent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the world's top health official warned in an interview appearing Saturday.

WHO: Save Tamiflu for the young, old and pregnant

LONDON — Healthy people who catch swine flu do not need antivirals like Tamiflu, but the young, the old and the pregnant surely do, the World Health Organization declared Friday in new advice to doctors.

Younger People at Greater Risk of Catching Swine Flu, WHO Says

Younger people are at greater risk of catching swine flu, with most cases occurring in teenagers, the World Health Organization said.

WHO to consider declaring influenza pandemic

The World Health Organisation was poised on Thursday to declare that the new H1N1 virus has caused the first influenza pandemic in more than 40 years, health sources said on Thursday.

New virus could still mutate, spark pandemic: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay Reuters 05/11/2009
WHO calls for pictorial warnings on tobacco packs

WHO urges governments to require that all tobacco packages include pictorial warnings to show the sickness and suffering caused by tobacco use.

New virus could still mutate, spark pandemic: WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - The new H1N1 flu virus could still mutate into a more virulent form and spark an influenza pandemic that could be expected to circle the globe up to three times, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.