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Taiwan 'angry' over not being invited to WHO assembly
GENEVA (AP) — Taiwan's health minister says the island feels "very angry" that it was not invited to the World Health Organization assembly in Geneva.
Chen Shih-Chung attributed the U.N. body's refusal to let Taiwan participate to tensions between mainland China and Taiwan.
Arguing that "disease knows no border or politics," Chen said Sunday that excluding Taiwan from the WHO could create a "potentially fatal leak in the global health system."
His comments follow statements by a Chinese official earlier in the day that blamed Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party for not acknowledging the "One China" principle.
China has refused to let Taiwan participate in the WHO assembly since Taiwanese elected a pro-independence president in 2016.
| | seattlepi.com: Health News From the Associated Press, 20-05-2018 16:51:23 |
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Congo to begin vaccinating against Ebola on Monday
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo will begin administering an experimental Ebola vaccine Monday in Mbandaka, the northwestern city of 1.2 million where the deadly disease has infected some residents, Congo's health minister announced.
"The vaccination campaign begins tomorrow, Monday, in Mbandaka, capital of the province. It will target, first, the health staff, the contacts of the sick and the contacts of the contacts," Minister of Health Oly Ilunga told The Associated Press Sunday.
The death toll of the current Ebola outbreak has risen to 26.
Initially, the campaign will target 600 people, mainly medical staff, contacts of suspected cases, and those who have been in contact with the contacts, said Ilunga.
| | seattlepi.com: Health News From the Associated Press, 20-05-2018 15:02:34 |
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Congo says 3 new Ebola cases confirmed in large city
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Three new cases of the often lethal Ebola virus have been confirmed in a city of more than 1 million people, Congo's health minister announced, as the spread of the hemorrhagic fever in an urban area raised alarm.
The statement late Friday said the confirmed cases are in Mbandaka city, where a single case was confirmed earlier in the week.
There are now 17 confirmed Ebola cases in this outbreak, including one death, plus 21 probable cases and five suspected ones. It was not immediately clear what link the new cases might have to others.
| | seattlepi.com: Health News From the Associated Press, 19-05-2018 12:04:49 |
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New drug may prevent migraines
When other medications have failed, new injection treatment may help some patients with disabling headaches.
| | NBC News Health, 18-05-2018 13:30:27 |
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