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Health & ScienceOne in four teenagers worldwide had no active day in a week, WHO warns, with Filipino teens among the least active
A World Health Organization analysis of more than 3.2 million adolescents in 140 countries finds about 240 million young people reported no day with an hour of moderate-to-vigorous activity.
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Saudi ArabiaKenya formally protests Saudi Arabia's Ebola travel ban, demanding scientific justification within 48 hours
Kenya's Foreign Ministry has formally demanded that Saudi Arabia lift travel and visa restrictions imposed over Ebola, calling them a blanket, punitive measure not supported by epidemiological evidence, and has asked Riyadh to justify them to the World Health Organization within 48 hours.
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NewsEbola deaths pass 5,000 in DR Congo in the country’s deadliest outbreak on record
Health ministry data released on Saturday showed 5,026 people have died among 10,351 cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, making it the country’s deadliest ever and the second-deadliest in history, with health officials warning containment is still falling behind the spread.