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A year after the formal announcement of the spread of Ebola by the WHO, at least 24,000 people were infected and more than 10,000 lost their lives.

Ebola epidemic virus has caused the death of over 10.000 people in West Africa, as the latest World Health Organization report released indicates.

According to the same report, 24.350 people have been infected and been sick in nine countries, while 10.004 of them have died.

The first large-scale trial of an Ebola vaccine will begin in Guinea at the weekend, the World Health Organization said March 5, weeks after a similar test kicked off in neighbouring Liberia.
      

Latest data on alchohol addiction from the Montenegrin Ministry of Health on Wednesday showed 30,000 registered alcoholics in the country, about 5 per cent of the total population. Around 120,000 people in total were affected by alcohol abuse, the ministry noted.
 

The US has decided on monitoring air quality around its embassies across the world.

The statement was made by the US State Secretary John Kerry on Monday.

The World Health Organization has approved the first fast-track Ebola test that could help alleviate the situation in West Africa.

The desease has already killed 10,000 people.

The test has been developed by a US company, and despite not being as accurate as more detailed examinations, but is much easier and faster to execute, as reported by Reuters.

Kuwait has imposed a provisional embargo on the imports of live birds and eggs from Bulgaria.

This follows a World Health Organization (WHO) report on an outbreak of bird flu, or H5N1, in the country, according to the Arab Times.

Ebola-hit Sierre Leone and Guinea saw an increase in the last week in unsafe burials that risk spreading the disease, the World Health Organization reported.        

For decades, there have been research papers upon research papers that point to one fact: Moderate drinking is good for your health. However, a new survey might put an end to that myth.

According to the British Medical Journal, earlier studies supporting health benefits of alcohol consumption may have exaggerated the effects.

The World Health Organization will soon open an office in Turkey after a regulation from the cabinet to that effect was published in the Official Gazette on Feb. 11.

There has been an office of the WHO Country Representative for Turkey in Ankara, but a country office will now be opened following an agreement between the Turkish government and the WHO Regional Office for Europe.