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Asian equity markets, already deep in the red in reaction to the WHO announcement, cratered after Trump's address.

The epidemic has wreaked havoc on international business, tourism, sports events, and schools, with almost 300 mn students sent home worldwide.

The rapid spread of the disease and rising death toll are putting a greater strain on economies and stoking concerns of a worldwide recession.

The death toll in the US rose to nine, many linked to a nursing home in the Seattle suburbs, while the overall number of infections shot past 100.

The positive sentiment filtered through to oil markets, where dealers are betting on major producers cutting output to address tumbling demand.

Globally, the virus has killed more than 3,100 people and infected over 90,000.

The panic has already caused a bloodbath on trading floors and there are warnings there could be worse to come.

With cases being reported in new countries, traders are growing increasingly fearful about the impact on the global economy.

The report highlights the threat children face from harmful marketing of fat- and sugar-laden foods, alcohol and tobacco.

More than 72,000 people have now been infected in China and hundreds more abroad.

In Britain, Sajid Javid's resignation sent London's benchmark FTSE 100 index down.

The virus has killed more than 1,100 people in China and spread to dozens of countries around the world.

While the virus' spread outside China appeared to be slow, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned it could accelerate.

The UN health agency based in Geneva had initially downplayed the threat posed by the disease.

WHO held off on declaring a global emergency, despite confirmed cases in half a dozen other counties.

Students across the UK are being diagnosed with mumps since many of them had not received the MMR vaccine.

Exercise is also seen as an important tool in efforts to stem the global obesity epidemic.

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Malawi has become the tenth country in Africa to be put on high alert over fears that the plague could spread there from Madagascar.

Malawi has become the tenth African country to be put on high alert over fears the pneumonic plague could spread there from Madagascar.

The World Health Organisation estimates that between 35% and 50% of people in developed countries suffer from anxiety or depression in any given year.

Madagascar has been hit by the worst outbreak of plague in 50 years infecting at least 1,800 people so far this year, experts say.

International rights groups and opposition parties have condemned the announcement, highlighting the dire state of Zimbabwe's health service.

Study finds cost from pollution-related death, sickness and welfare around the planet is massive.

The Gavi initiative has helped immunize 580 million children in developing countries.

Internal documents show staff spent $200m on air tickets and accommodation.

David Nabarro has played a key role in the fight against Ebola.

Around 115 people have died from cholera in the country between 27 April and 13 May, according to the Red Cross.

The bus was reportedly trying to avoid a head-on collision with another vehicle when it slid off a highway near Myawaddy.

Mental illness comes in many different forms.