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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

Singapore closes its primary and secondary schools as smoke from the Indonesian fires raises air pollution to hazardous levels.
2015-09-25

The World Health Organisation and the Government of Liberia introduce a controversial program to move infected people out of their homes and into "de facto" shelters.
2014-09-23

The World Health Organisation states that the Ebola virus outbreak is an international public health emergency.
2014-08-8

The World Health Organisation reports that 932 have died from the latest outbreak of the Ebola virus with a man reportedly dying of the disease in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia after a business trip to Sierra Leone.
2014-08-6

2013 Southeast Asian haze: Haze from Indonesian forest fires in Sumatra increase air pollution in Singapore and Malaysia to hazardous levels.
2013-06-20

The World Health Organisation reports that chronic illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes are the leading cause of death in the world causing more than 36 million deaths in 2008.
2011-04-28

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 state of Louisiana reports 162 cases of oil-spill related illnesses to date, 128 of those among workers in the Gulf of Mexico, as concern over petroleum-related air pollution also grows.
2010-06-28

The World Health Organisation creates a data base on the use of child medicines.
2010-06-21