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The air pollution in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, reaches a record-high air quality index score of 1,900, with the Punjab government ordering a mandatory closure of all primary schools for one week, blaming stubble burning for the poor air quality.
2024-11-3

Air quality in New York City becomes the worst in the world, with air pollution levels reaching more than 400 on the Air Quality Index.
2023-06-7

The World Health Organisation says a listeria outbreak spread via infected food responsible for 200 deaths in South Africa may have spread to Namibia. The organisation reaches out to 16 African nations it assesses as at risk.
2018-03-20

The World Health Organisation estimates that 560 people have died, more than 1,700 people have been injured and more than 100,000 people have fled their homes following the intensification of fighting three weeks ago.
2015-04-7

The official death toll from the Ebola virus outbreak reaches 3,000 with the World Health Organisation warning that the official figures "vastly underestimate the true scale of the epidemic".
2014-09-27

The World Health Organisation removes India from the list of polio endemic countries with only Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria remaining.
2012-02-25

The Haitian Health Ministry informs the World Health Organisation of a cholera outbreak north of Port-au-Prince; at least 150 people have been killed.
2010-10-22

The World Health Organisation warns about an outbreak of Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Afghanistan.
2010-10-14

The World Health Organisation does not know what effects the ash could have on human beings, but they have advised Europeans to stay indoors, if possible.
2010-04-16

The World Health Organisation confirms that a cholera outbreak which has spread along the north coast of Papua New Guinea has hit more than 2,000 people, killing around 50 of them.
2010-02-8