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China urges ‘final victory’ over COVID-19 as global concern mounts over spread
Global health officials tried to determine the facts of China’s raging COVID-19 outbreak and how to prevent a further spread as the government’s ... Coronavirus -
China media plays down severity of COVID-19 wave before WHO meeting
China’s state media played down the severity on Tuesday of the COVID-19 wave surging over the country, with its scientists expected to give a briefing ... Coronavirus -
WHO says it needs more information on China’s latest COVID-19 surge
The World Health Organization needs more information to assess the latest surge in infections in China, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ... Coronavirus -
We've run out of cholera vaccines: WHO official
The global stockpile of cholera vaccines the World Health Organization helps manage is “currently empty or extremely low,” a WHO official said on ... World News -
WHO says still doesn’t have full access to Ethiopia’s Tigray despite truce
The World Health Organization said on Friday it still does not have the unfettered access to Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region stipulated in a truce ... World News -
‘Monkeypox’ no more: WHO to use new preferred term ‘mpox’
The World Health Organization will begin to use “mpox” as the new preferred term for the monkeypox disease, the UN health agency said in a statement ... World News -
Skin-to-skin ‘kangaroo’ care boosts premature babies’ survival chances: WHO
Babies born too early or too small should be kept in “skin-to-skin” contact with a caregiver rather than being put in an incubator straight after ... Healthy Living -
Tuberculosis deaths rose during Covid-19, reversing years of decline: WHO
Global deaths from tuberculosis are estimated to have increased between 2019 and 2021, reversing years of decline as the COVID-19 pandemic severely ... World News -
‘Not a time to relax’ on COVID-19, flu: WHO
As winter approaches, the World Health Organization on Monday stressed the importance of staying vigilant as cases of Covid and influenza rise in ... Coronavirus -
Jameel Institute announces new global initiative to boost pandemic preparedness
Imperial College London has announced plans for a major new global initiative to prepare for future pandemics. The Jameel Institute-Kenneth C. Griffin ... Healthy Living -
Indian state drug regulator orders sample checks on all oral liquid solutions: Report
The drug regulator of India’s Maharashtra state has ordered sample checks on all oral liquid solutions in the state, asking for reports on the levels ... World News -
WHO issues warning on Indian cough syrup linked to 66 Gambian child deaths
The World Health Organization has warned that a deadly batch of cough mixture connected to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia may have been ... World News -
Millions left without healthcare access in aftermath of Pakistan floods: WHO
Millions of people have been left without healthcare access in Pakistan after floods ravaged swathes of the country, damaging around 10 percent of the ... World News -
Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates on the up: WHO
Cholera cases have surged this year, especially in places of poverty and conflict, with outbreaks reported in 26 countries and fatality rates rising ... World News -
Thousands of children in Syria at risk from cholera outbreak as death toll increases
Water shortages driven by climate change and conflict are putting thousands of children in north and east Syria at risk of cholera, with at least 24 ... Middle East -
WHO says COVID-19 pandemic end in sight, China disagrees
Chinese are reacting with pessimism and humor to the World Health Organization chief saying the end of the pandemic is within reach, with millions of ... World News -
UN chief appeals for massive help as Pakistan puts flood losses at $30 billion
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appealed to the world for massive help for flood-ravaged Pakistan on Friday as he visited to boost the response ... World News -
Hong Kong reports first case of monkeypox
Hong Kong has reported its first case of monkeypox, health authorities said on Tuesday, after symptoms were discovered in a 30-year old man who ... World News -
Time for COVID-19 reality check after one mln deaths this year: WHO
The World Health Organization’s COVID-19 chief said Friday it was time for a reality check on the virus after the millionth death from the disease ... Coronavirus -
North Korea says new fever cases were influenza, not COVID-19
North Korea said Friday that the fever cases it detected earlier this week were found to be influenza, and not a COVID-19 resurgence as initially ... Coronavirus -
Indonesia records first case of monkeypox virus
Indonesia has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a 27-year-old man who returned from travelling overseas, the country’s health ministry said on ... World News -
Congo health officials investigating possible Ebola case: WHO
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating a suspected case of Ebola in the country’s east, the World Health ... World News -
WHO pushes two Ebola treatments found to boost survival rates
The World Health Organization said Friday that two existing treatments dramatically reduced deaths from Ebola and should be given to people of all ... World News -
Measles outbreak in Zimbabwe kills at least 150 children
A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 157 children, with more than 2,000 infections reported across the country, the government said on ... World News -
WHO seeks to rename monkeypox virus
The World Health Organization, which is looking to rename monkeypox, called Tuesday for help from the public in coming up with a less stigmatizing ... World News -
Polio spreading in London, booster campaign launched for children aged below 10
Britain is launching a polio vaccine booster campaign for children in London aged below 10, after confirming that the virus is spreading in the ... World News -
SARS-linked coronaviruses infect around 66,000 people a year in Southeast Asia: Study
About 66,000 people in Southeast Asia are infected each year with SARS-related coronaviruses, and nearly 500 million people live near habitats where ... Coronavirus -
UN agencies launch new global alliance to end AIDS in children by 2030
Concerned by the stalling of progress for children grappling with HIV, a new global alliance has been launched to end AIDS in children by 2030, the ... World News -
India confirms Asia’s first monkeypox death; man had tested positive in UAE
India confirmed its first monkeypox death on Monday, a young man in the southern state of Kerala, in what is only the fourth known fatality from the ... World News -
Super-secure Swiss lab looks at new microbes in bid to stop the next pandemic
The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal waters below, snow-capped Swiss Alps above and in between, a super-secure facility researching ... Coronavirus