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![]() | Climate change fuelling cholera surge: WHOThe World Health Organization is responding to cholera outbreaks in 29 countries, including Haiti, which has more than 1,200 confirmed cases, more than 14,000 suspected cases and 280 reported deaths. |
![]() | Three years into Covid, are we ready for the next pandemic?CEPI aims to develop a new vaccine against a potential "disease X" within 100 days of the WHO identifying a pandemic threat. |
![]() | WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concernsUS health officials have warned it may be impossible to eliminate the disease there, warning it could be a continuing threat mainly for gay and bisexual men for years to come. |
![]() | Air pollution killed 238,000 Europeans prematurely in 2020: EEAThe Covid-19 pandemic led to the deaths of some people already living with diseases related to air pollution. |
![]() | WHO urges 'immediate' food, medical aid for TigrayWHO said people in Tigray needed urgent assistance after two years of bloody conflict, with access to the region severely restricted. |
![]() | Cough syrup deaths in Gambia serious issue, says WHO chief scientist Soumya SwaminathanSwaminathan was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual general meeting of the Developing Countries Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN). |
![]() | WHO Syria boss accused of corruption, fraud, abuse, AP findsWHO confirmed in a statement that it has been reviewing charges made against Syria representative, Dr Akjemal Magtymova and said it has also enlisted the help of external investigators. |
![]() | WHO probing Indian cough syrup after 66 children die in Gambia"Laboratory analysis of samples of each of the four products confirms that they contain unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants," the WHO said. |
![]() | Massive global failure led to millions of preventable Covid deaths: Lancet reportThe Commission, which critically evaluated the global response in the first two years of the biggest health crisis, noted the international multilateral system could not deal with a modern pandemic. |
![]() | Intergenerational bonding to combat ageismThe recent Global Report on Ageism launched by the United Nations and World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2021 highlights the alarming scenario. |
![]() | Global monkeypox cases dropped last week: WHOThere have been 45,355 cases and 15 deaths this year, across at least 96 countries, according to the WHO's dashboard. |
![]() | Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccineThe latest incidents represent the first time in several years that vaccine-connected polio virus has turned up in rich countries. |
![]() | WHO pushes two Ebola treatments that dramatically reduce death ratesStudies had shown that the two treatments significantly "reduced mortality," Janet Diaz, lead of the clinical management unit in the WHO's Health Emergencies programme. |
![]() | WHO chief: Lack of help for Tigray crisis due to skin colorTedros called on both the Ethiopian and Russian governments to end the crises in Tigray and Ukraine. |
![]() | Australia declares monkeypox disease of national significanceThere have been 44 confirmed monkeypox cases in Australia, the majority of which were travellers who recently returned from overseas. |
![]() | World witnessing unexpected emergence of Monkeypox: WHO's Dr Poonam KhetrapalThe unexpected appearance of this disease globally and in a wide geographic area indicates that the disease may have been circulating below the detection of the surveillance systems. |
![]() | Covid cases rise by 25 percent while deaths by half in India: WHOThe world health body said that the highest numbers of new cases in the South-East Asia region were reported from India in the last week of June. |
![]() | New worry? Omicron sub-variants driving Covid surge in 110 countriesExperts in India have said the two sub-variants, described as concern variants, are driving the surge in as many as 14 states. |
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