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Geneva -- More than 70 non-governmental organizations from around the world are urging the World Health Organization to phase out the use of mercury in dental fillings.

Washington,October 18--The World Health Organization has warned doctors to take care of any suspected H1N1 infection case with antiviral drugs as quickly as soon as they encounter it.

Geneva, September 18 -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the production of H1N1 vaccine over the next year will be “substantially less” than the 4.9 billion doses that were earlier predicted. But the organisation also said that one dose is enough to provide sufficient protection.

Mexico, July 3: Day one of the two-day summit in Cancun, Mexico, where the meeting of global health officials is being held, saw World Health Organization Director Dr. Margaret Chan cautioning that the spread of the dreaded H1N1 virus cannot be halted, making travel restrictions to affected countries meaningless.

Geneva, June 11: The formal declaration of swine flu as the first global pandemic in 41 years was issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) after elevating the pandemic warning level from five to six, the highest level on its scale.

San Francisco, June 11: The second death Thursday of a middle-aged man in Alameda County has been reported by the Public Health Department, which linked the incident to the swine flu. The man, yet not identified, was suffering from chronic health problems too.

Stockholm, June 11-- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has upgraded the threat posed by influenza A(H1N1), commonly known as swine flu, to the highest level - of pandemic, a Swedish government minister announced Thursday.

Geneva, June 10: The World Health Organisation (WHO) is "very close" to announcing a global pandemic for the influenza A(H1N1) virus, also called swine flu, as it continues to spread rapidly, a senior official said.

Moscow, June 5 (RIA Novosti) A total of 21,940 people in 69 countries have been diagnosed with the the influenza A(H1N1) virus, also called swine flu, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday.

Mexico City/Washington/Toronto, April 30:The alert for swine flu, which originated in Mexico and has now spread to several countries, was raised to a level which is one shy of a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as governments aggressively tried to contain its spread.