World Bank President Jim Yong Kim . AFP
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 21, 2016 | Health
The World Bank launched on Saturday a $500 million, fast-disbursing insurance fund to combat virulent disease outbreaks in poor countries, creating the world’s first insurance market for pandemic risk. “The recent Ebola crisis in West Africa was a tragedy...
Tubes of the Zika virus in a German laboratory. Reuters
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 17, 2016 | Health
The World Health Organization’s chief said Tuesday that the agency is increasingly worried about the Zika virus but stopped short of recommending the cancellation or the postponement of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. In a briefing Tuesday in Geneva, Dr....