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In this April 12, 2017 photo, Kerry Yang speaks about her struggles with depression during an interview in Beijing. Depression as an illness went widely unacknowledged for decades in China, even as the brutalities of the Cultural Revolution and, more recently, frenetic economic growth left emotional scars. Public attitudes shifted in recent years, propelled in part by the adoption of the nation's first mental health law five years ago. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Progress on depression slow in China as stigmas persist

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

In this April 12, 2017 photo, Kerry Yang speaks about her struggles with depression during an interview in Beijing. Depression as an illness went widely unacknowledged for decades in China, even as the brutalities of the Cultural Revolution and, more recently, frenetic economic growth left emotional scars. Public attitudes shifted in recent years, propelled in part by the adoption of the nation's first mental health law five years ago. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Progress on depression slow in China as stigmas persist

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Somalia’s cholera outbreak at more than 25,000 cases: WHO

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People gather at the smoking area in Tokyo, Friday, April 7, 2017. The senior World Health Organization official says Japan should go fully smoke-free in public places if it wants success in Tokyo Olympics and tourism promotion. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) ** FILE **

WHO: Japan needs anti-smoking law ahead of Tokyo Olympics

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided on Tuesday April 4, 2017, by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a victim of a suspected chemical attack as he receives treatment at a makeshift hospital, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. The suspected chemical attack killed dozens of people on Tuesday, Syrian opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)

WHO registers alarm over pattern of toxic chemical attacks in Syria

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Two-month-old Inti Perez, diagnosed with microcephaly linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus, is cradled by his mother in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

WHO: Zika-related birth defects down

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

UN sends 3.5M emergency yellow fever vaccines to Brazil

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The Who will take up Las Vegas residency this summer

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‘Auto-destructive art’ pioneer Gustav Metzger dies at 90

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

Coke says it supports WHO’s sugar guidelines

By CANDICE CHOI - Associated Press

3 left in race to become UN health agency’s next leader

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Health workers wearing protective gear wait to carry the body of a person suspected to have died from Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia, on Oct. 13, 2014. (Associated Press)

Ebola vaccine fast-tracked after proven 100% effective in trials

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Final test results confirm Ebola vaccine highly effective

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this May 18, 2016, file photo, sodas and energy drinks are stacked and line the shelves in a grocery store in Springfield, Illinois. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

WHO urges countries to raise taxes on sugary drinks

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who famously tried to institute a virtual "Big Gulp" ban on the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces, only to be blocked by the state's highest court, praised the world body's call for higher taxes from governments around the world. (Associated Press)

U.N. agency pushes global soda taxes to curb obesity, fight disease

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

World Health Organization Regional Director Shin Young-soo gestures as he answers questions from reporters in Manila, Philippines Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. WHO officials say cases of the mosquito-born Zika virus infection are expected to continue to rise in Asia Pacific and regional health authorities are scaling up surveillance, preparing responses to complications and collaborating to come up with answers to many questions about the disease. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

WHO sees further rise of Zika cases in Asia-Pacific region

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Caitllin Cardinale of Los Angeles reacts to the arrival of The Who onstage on day 3 of the 2016 Desert Trip music festival at Empire Polo Field on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

The Latest: The Who rocks two-hour set at Desert Trip

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FILE - In this July 4, 2015 file photo, Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Ind. The Rolling Stones will perform at the Desert Trip music festival, kicking off Friday, Oct. 7, in Indio, Calif. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP, File)

The Latest: Bob Dylan opens Desert Trip with 80-minute set

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WHO: Excessive air pollution affects 92 percent of people

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016, file photo, a health workers stands in the Sambadrome spraying insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits the Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

WHO: No Olympics-related Zika cases so far

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times