https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the Americas and the region may see up to four million cases of the disease strongly suspected of causing birth defects, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160128/zika-virus-spreading-explosively-who Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:36:56 +0100 zika-virus-spreading-explosively-who Childhood obesity has reached alarming rates globally and become an "exploding nightmare" in developing countries, a commission for the Geneva-based World Health Organization says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160125/obesity-becoming-exploding-nightmare-who-report Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:36:21 +0100 obesity-becoming-exploding-nightmare-who-report The upcoming climate summit in Paris could produce the most important agreement of the century for public health matters, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151117/who-hypes-climate-change-summit-prospects Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:15:34 +0100 who-hypes-climate-change-summit-prospects The Swiss meat industry was put on the defensive by a report this week from the Geneva-based World Health Organization that found processed red meats such as sausages and bacon are probably carcinogenic and can cause cancer. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151027/swiss-eat-half-as-much-meat-as-americans Tue, 27 Oct 2015 11:07:28 +0100 swiss-eat-half-as-much-meat-as-americans A UN-sponsored report on Monday denounced the Geneva-based World Health Organization's slow response to the Ebola outbreak and said the agency still did not have the capacity to tackle a similar crisis. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150511/report-slams-whos-inadequate-response-to-ebola Mon, 11 May 2015 16:57:29 +0200 report-slams-whos-inadequate-response-to-ebola Yemen risks an imminent collapse in its health system, the Geneva-based UN health agency warned on Tuesday, estimating the latest death toll from fighting there at 944. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150421/yemen-faces-collapse-of-health-system-who Tue, 21 Apr 2015 20:31:03 +0200 yemen-faces-collapse-of-health-system-who Diseases linked to lifestyle choices, including diabetes and some cancers, kill 16 million people prematurely each year, the World Health Organization said on Monday, urging action to stop the "slow-moving public health disaster". https://www.thelocal.ch/20150119/lifestyle-diseases-kill-16-million-a-year-who Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:36:05 +0100 lifestyle-diseases-kill-16-million-a-year-who A new kind of bird flu hitting European poultry farms will surely continue to spread among birds, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Tuesday, urging countries to be "vigilant". https://www.thelocal.ch/20141118/new-bird-flu-expected-to-spread-who Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:35:00 +0100 new-bird-flu-expected-to-spread-who An outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in Portugal that has killed five people in less than a week constitutes a "major public health emergency", the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141111/legionaires-outbreak-in-portugal-declared-health-emergency Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:22:00 +0100 legionaires-outbreak-in-portugal-declared-health-emergency The Geneva-based World Health Organization on Friday declared the killer Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of west Africa an international health emergency and appealed for global aid to help afflicted countries. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140808/who Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:40:00 +0200 who The death toll in west Africa's three-nation Ebola outbreak has risen to 337, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said Wednesday, making it the deadliest ever outbreak of the haemorrhagic fever. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140618/ebola-death-toll-rises-in-africa-who Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:59:00 +0200 ebola-death-toll-rises-in-africa-who Alcohol kills 3.3 million people worldwide each year, more than AIDS, tuberculosis and violence combined, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said Monday, warning that booze consumption was on the rise. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140512/rising-global-alcohol-use-is-deadly-who Tue, 13 May 2014 01:36:00 +0200 rising-global-alcohol-use-is-deadly-who The Swiss are known for their great love of cheese but a doctor from Lausanne is warning that they need to reduce their consumption of gruyère, emmental and other varieties because of the health risks. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140415/specialist-says-swiss-eat-too-much-cheese Tue, 15 Apr 2014 23:31:00 +0200 specialist-says-swiss-eat-too-much-cheese