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Eastern Congo has new Ebola case in city of 1.4 million

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO - Associated Press

More than one-third of the U.S. population is obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Associated Press/File)

WHO: 1.4 billion people at risk of disease from lack of exercise

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Sunday, May 13, 2018, health care workers wear virus protective gear at a treatment center in Bikoro Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has spread to a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. Two suspected cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in the Wangata health zones that include Mbandaka, the capital of northwestern Equateur province. The city is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Bikoro, the rural area where the outbreak was announced last week, said Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)

WHO: DRC Ebola outbreak is at ‘key juncture’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Sunday, May 13, 2018, health care workers wear virus protective gear at a treatment center in Bikoro Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has spread to a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. Two suspected cases of hemorrhagic fever were reported in the Wangata health zones that include Mbandaka, the capital of northwestern Equateur province. The city is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from Bikoro, the rural area where the outbreak was announced last week, said Congo's Health Minister Oly Ilunga. (AP Photo/John Bompengo)

Ebola experimental treatment patients recover, Congo says

By Saleh Mwanamilongo - Associated Press

Peter Salama, WHO Deputy Director-General for Emergency Preparedness and Response, speaks about update on WHO Ebola operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the one year mark of Rohingya crisis, at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Congo: 2 who received experimental Ebola treatment recover

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO - Associated Press

Dr. Robert Redfield Jr., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is photographed at the agency's headquarters in Atlanta, Thursday, June 28, 2018. Once known for condemning condoms and clean needles, the new chief of the nation's top public health agency pledges to use all tool to end AIDS and prevent disease. Redfield spoke of his views and goals for the CDC in a rare interview this week. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Robert R. Redfield: CDC committed to fighting Ebola across globe

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Congo’s health ministry says Ebola spreads to 2nd province

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), informs to the media about of update on WHO Ebola operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, August 14, 2018. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/keystone via AP)

WHO chief: Visit to DRC left me ‘more worried’ about Ebola

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General, disembarks a plane upon arrival at the airport in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday, Aug 10, 2018. The World Health Organization’s director-general says instability, high population density and large displacement in Congo’s east mean the response to the nation’s tenth Ebola virus outbreak must be stronger than ever before. (AP Photo/Al-hadji Kudra Maliro)

Congo’s latest outbreak more challenging than ever, WHO says

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

A man displays an Ebola information leaflet for residents on Wednesday in Mangina in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the World Health Organization said responders plan to give an experimental vaccination shot to 40 front-line health workers. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Congo fighting hinders campaign against latest Ebola outbreak

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, May 31, 2018, file photo, Congolese health officials prepare to disinfect people and buildings at the general referral hospital in Mbandaka, Congo. (AP Photo/John Bompengo, File)

Confirmed Ebola cases rise to 13 in Congo’s latest outbreak

By Saleh Mwanamilongo - Associated Press

A child holds up a sign that says "Anytime, Anywhere" with a symbol of a mother breastfeeding her child, outside of the Grady Porter Building, during a &quot;nurse-in&quot; in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, May 7, 2015. (Dave Wasinger/Lansing State Journal via AP) ** FILE **

Breastfeeding within hour of birth vital for newborns

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013 file photo, a college student plays a computer game at an Internet cafe in Seoul, South Korea. On Monday, 18, 2018, the World Health Organization said that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a mental health condition. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Science Says: What makes something truly addictive

By LINDSEY TANNER - Associated Press

In this Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, file photo, a man plays a game at the Paris Games Week in Paris. The World Health Organization says that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition, in a move that some critics warn may risk stigmatizing its young players. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

WHO classifies compulsive gaming as a disorder

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Correction: Congo-Ebola story

By CARLEY PETESCH - Associated Press

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World Health Organization, Scotland stir up food police vs. fat patrols battle

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), attends a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, May 18, 2018. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP) ** FILE **

World Health Organization wants people more active to combat global burden of disease

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 file photo soft drinks are on display at a supermarket in London. An independent World Health Organization panel is backing away from the U.N. health agency's own call two years ago for taxing sugary drinks, in a new report on diseases like cancer, obesity and diabetes that some experts slammed as being &quot;conspicuously limp.&quot; (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

US blocks UN health panel from backing taxes on sugar drinks

By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

Peter Salama, left, Deputy Director-General for Emergency Preparedness and Response of WHO, sits next to Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Elhadj As Sy, right, as they inform the media about IFRC's and WHO's response on ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, during a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Health officials ‘cautiously optimistic’ on Ebola response

Associated Press

The World Health Organization counts 58 cases and 27 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo's outbreak of Ebola, which is transmitted from wild animals to people and spreads human-to-human via the bodily fluids of infected people. WHO officials said they are worried about a fast spread of the deadly disease to other population centers. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

CDC officials take precautions as Ebola outbreak spreads

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times