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Aspartame, a sweetener commonly found in diet drinks and chewing gum, has been declared a potential cancer risk by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The sweetener has been listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans". Aspartame is found in drinks including Coke...

A recent major study conducted by Oxford University has revealed that consuming alcohol can greatly increase the likelihood of developing around 60 different diseases. While it is widely known that excessive drinking can lead to liver cirrhosis, strokes, and cancer...

The World Health Organization added “Disease X" to its short list of “priority diseases” that could cause the next deadly pandemic. The term Disease X is used by the WHO as a placeholder to describe a disease that’s unknown to...

COVID is no longer a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday. “For more than a year, the pandemic has been on a downward trend with population immunity increasing from vaccination and infection, mortality decreasing, and...

Arcturus, a newly discovered Covid variant, is the most transmissible variant yet and has already been detected in 29 countries as of April 11, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Also known as Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, it has been...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising people who are planning to visit Guinea and Tanzania to be careful about catching the Marburg virus, which is extremely dangerous and can cause serious illness or even...

On Wednesday, Greece's health authorities confirmed the first case of monkeypox in the country. According to the Organization for Public Health (EODY) a man who had previously traveled to Portugal has—upon the first examination—tested positive for the virus after seeking...

The outbreak of monkeypox is unusual but “containable,” the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, confirming 131 cases in nineteen countries where the virus is usually nonexistent. That number is still expected to rise, but experts say the overall...

Greece confirmed 23,621 new Covid-19 infections and 55 deaths associated with the virus in the last 24 hours, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced on Friday. A total of 24,256 cases had been recorded in the country the day...

The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that more than half of Europe is expected to be infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the next two months. Regional director Hans Kluge said at a press conference that Omicron...