Pandemic Fears Grow as China Steps Up Efforts to Control New Flu-Like Coronavirus January 22, 2020 By Cate Cadell and David Stanway Deaths from China’s new flu-like virus rose to nine on Wednesday with more than 470 confirmed cases, heightening global fears...
Alcohol Abuse Caused 3 Million Deaths in 2016 – and Most Were Men: WHO September 24, 2018 By Kate Kelland More than 3 million people died in 2016 due to drinking too much alcohol, meaning one in 20 deaths worldwide...
EPA Clears Monsanto Roundup Chemical of Health Risks to Humans December 27, 2017 By Tom Polansek The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto Co.’s top-selling weed killer Roundup, is...
UK’s Aviva Selling $1.3B in Tobacco Company Holdings June 21, 2017 By Simon Jessop Aviva, Britain’s biggest life insurer, is selling about 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) worth of bonds and shares it holds...
Re/Insurers, Other Global Businesses Have Stake in New WHO Leader May 19, 2017 By Albertina Torsoli The World Health Organization’s 194 member-states will vote for a new director-general next week, choosing a doctor to lead the...
Yellow Fever Outbreak in DR of Congo Could Spread Across Globe, Charity Warns August 16, 2016 By Umberto Bacchi An outbreak of yellow fever that has killed hundreds of people in central Africa could spread across the world, an...
Pandemics and Climate Change Present Opportunity for Insurers June 9, 2016 By Don Jergler The shoe may eventually be placed on the other foot for the U.S. This nation has a long-standing tradition of...
Zika Virus Concern Boosts Travel Insurance Sales: Reuters February 2, 2016 By Jeffrey Dastin Travel insurance sales for trips to Latin America have surged as vacationers consider scrapping their plans to avoid the rapidly...
Nations Must Wake Up to Catastrophic Potential of Pandemic Risk: Report January 14, 2016 By John Tozzi In October of 2000, an Ebola outbreak was detected in Gulu, Uganda. The virus spread across the country, infecting 425...
Update on Ebola in U.S.: New CDC Protocols, Rapid Response Team, Czar October 21, 2014 By Anna Driver and Lisa Marie Garza The United States issued stringent new protocols on Monday for health workers treating Ebola victims, directing medical teams to wear...