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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Lufthansa scraps flights to & from China over virus
Lufthansa airline is scrapping all flights to and from China over the SARS-like virus as the World Health Organization calls an urgent meeting over whether a viral epidemic that has killed 132 people and infected around 6,000 others...
Press Association
Worldwide coronavirus death toll passes two million threshold
Two million people have now died worldwide with coronavirus, figures show. The tally by the Johns Hopkins University passed the threshold on Friday, showing a new figure of 2,000,905.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Wuhan: Images of hotel where WHO experts are under quarantine
Exterior images of the Jade Boutique Hotel in Wuhan where the World Health Organization international experts are staying for a two-week quarantine period before starting their probe on the origins of the coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV...
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CLEAN : Images inside Wuhan airport before WHO team arrives for Covid probe
Passengers brush shoulders with medical staff in hazmat suits at Wuhan's airport as a team of experts from the World Health Organization were set to arrive in Wuhan to start a highly politicised probe into the origins of the coronavirus...
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CLEAN : WHO team arrives in Wuhan for virus mission
A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to start a highly politicised probe into the origins of the coronavirus, as China reported its first death from Covid-19 in eight months (Footage by AFPTV...
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CLEAN : Scene outside Wuhan airport ahead of WHO experts going to quarantine
Images outside Wuhan airport of people dressed in hazmat suits and waiting to take a team of World Health Organization experts to quarantine (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : WHO experts leave Wuhan hospital and arrive at hotel for lunch
The team of World Health Organization experts investigating the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan leave the Jinyintan Hospital, the first to receive officially-diagnosed Covid-19 patients (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : WHO team leaves hotel, arrives at Covid-19 exhibition in Wuhan
The World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan arrives at an exhibition depicting China's anti-epidemic achievements (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : WHO experts visit Wuhan local community centre
World Health Organization inspectors visit Wuhan Jiangxinyuan local community centre, where one residential compound reported zero Covid cases during the peak of the epidemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : China denuncia "arrogancia" de la OMS por querer investigar el origen del covid
China rechazó el jueves la propuesta de la Organización Mundial de la Salud de auditar laboratorios chinos como parte de una investigación más amplia sobre el origen de la pandemia de covid-19 diciendo que era "arrogante (Footage by...
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CLEAN : White House condemns China's opposition to probe into Covid origins
It's clear China isn't living up to their obligations," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaky says after Beijing strongly criticized a proposal by the World Health Organization to audit Chinese labs as part of further investigation into...
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CLEAN : Beijing's opposition to probe into Covid origins 'irresponsible': W.House
China's opposition to the World Health Organization probe into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic is "irresponsible and frankly dangerous," says White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
Study: False COVID-19 Claims Spike On Facebook, Social Media
Avaaz study warns of social media "infodemic" from spread of false claims on COVID-19 vaccines and health information.
Curated Video
WHO classifies gaming disorder as a disease
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced a decision to classify gaming addiction as a disease.
Speaking in Geneva last week, Shekhar Saxena, WHO's Director of the Department for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, said...
Curated Video
Good nutrition in infancy may affect adult performance
When do babies decide they don't like the bitter taste of spinach, or suspect that green things don't always taste nice?
That's just one area of study consuming scientists today.
There are many theories, but most are agreed that a...
Bloomberg
50% of Europeans May Have Omicron Within Weeks, WHO Says
Over 50% of Europe's population may be infected with omicron within weeks at current transmission rates, according to Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization's regional director for Europe. He made the comments at a briefing in...
Curated Video
Cloned cows produce milk that contains human breast milk enzymes
AP Television
Beijing, China, May 12, 2011
1. Mid worker preparing to milk cows
2. Close of industrial milk bottle with cow in the background
3. Wide of two industrial milk bottles
4. Close up sign in Mandarin at farm entrance:...
Curated Video
+EMBARGOED 1100 GMT 9 APRIL 2014+ World Health Organisation releases first guidelines for Hepatitis C treatment
Hepatitis C virus is most commonly transmitted through exposure to contaminated blood.
Which is why tattooist Nick Reid has a long hygiene ritual before he begins to work on client Cain McLaren.
All surfaces are scrubbed down with...
Bloomberg
U.S.-China Relationship at Point of Fundamental Disrepair
Apr.21 -- Kevin Rudd, the Former Prime Minister of Australia, says the U.S.-China relationship is a point of fundamental disrepair after the coronavirus pandemic. Rudd spoke with Andy Browne the editorial director of the Bloomberg New...
Curated Video
Focus on gaming addiction as E3 opens in US
LEADIN:
One of the biggest gaming events on the calendar is underway, with the news that the World Health Organisation is to include "gaming disorder" in its update on the classification of diseases.
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Study Found Cancer Caused Higher Share Of Deaths In Some Countries
In higher-income countries, one study found cancer caused more deaths for middle-aged people than heart disease.
Bloomberg
WHO Says Covid-19 Asymptomatic Transmission Is ‘Very Rare’
Jun.08 -- Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the World Health Organization’s emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, says transmission of the coronavirus by people who aren’t showing symptoms is "very rare.” She spoke Monday at a briefing in...
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CLEAN : WHO wants to expand global access to insulin for people with diabetes
The World Health Organization wants to expand global access to affordable insulin to treat people with diabetes an announcement made on the eve of World Diabetes Day (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Polio Virus Spreading In U.K., Found In Sewage Samples
Scientists have found genetically linked samples suggesting the virus has mutated and has been spreading in Britain since February.