Tag: world
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Factbox: Key facts about Mother Teresa
Pope Francis will make Mother Teresa, the world’s most famous nun, a saint on Sunday. EARLY LIFE Mother Teresa was born to ethnic Albanian parents on August 26, 1910 in Skopje, now the capital of Macedonia, and named Gonxha Agnes Bojaxhiu. Two years later she was given the name Sister Teresa.
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After lifetime with the poor, Mother Teresa speeds to sainthood
By Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Affectionately called the “saint of the gutters” during her lifetime, Mother Teresa of Calcutta will be made an official saint of the Roman Catholic Church on Sunday, just 19 years after her death. A Nobel peace prize winner, Mother Teresa was one of the most influential women in…
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Nearly half of Zika cases in Singapore are foreigners: media
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s ministry of health said of the 115 people who tested positive for Zika virus, 57 were foreigners who live and work in the city-state, Channel NewsAsia reported. It said most had displayed mild symptoms and had recovered. Most of the foreigners infected were from China, followed by India and Bangladesh, it…
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Yellow fever vaccination drive in Congo’s capital hits target
A vaccination campaign against yellow fever in Congo's capital is almost complete, but the gains may be reversed by the looming rainy season and the spread of the disease to areas where people have not yet been vaccinated, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Health officials began a campaign to vaccinate 7.5 million…
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FDA recommends Zika testing for all blood donated in U.S.
By Julie Steenhuysen and Letitia Stein CHICAGO/TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Friday that all blood donated in the United States and its territories be tested for Zika virus, as it moves to prevent transmission of the virus through the blood supply. The agency said its decision to expand…
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Tanzania’s army of community health workers face mistrust as they roll out services
By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One of the biggest tests of Justine Michael’s job as a community health worker is not the distances he must travel along remote dirt roads to visit patients in Tanzania’s Mkuranga district, but rather the suspicion he often encounters. Michael is one of more than…
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Pfizer boosts cancer drug roster with $14 billion Medivation deal
Medivation shares jumped nearly 20 percent to close at $80.42, just shy of the offer price of $81.50 per share. Shares of Pfizer, the largest U.S. drugmaker, were down 0.4 percent at $34.84. The offer is a 55-percent premium to Sanofi SA's initial bid to buy Medivation for $52.50 per share in April, which pushed…
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China over-reliant on hospitals, needs more family doctors: WHO
China’s healthcare system is overly reliant on large, over-burdened hospitals, which will struggle to cope with a spike in diseases linked to the fast-ageing population, the World Health Organization said on Saturday. “As China’s health challenges … continue to mount, with an aging population, so too will the demands on the country’s health system, along…
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Deadly fish parasite forces Yellowstone River closure in Montana
Montana wildlife officials have closed a lengthy stretch of the Yellowstone River to all recreational activities at the height of the summer tourist season following the deaths of thousands of fish this week from a rare but virulent microbial parasite. The closure, imposed by the state Fish, Wildlife and Parks agency, covers more than 150…