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Explainer: How worried should we be about the monkeypox global health emergency?
The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest alert level, WHO ... World News -
Japan detects first monkeypox virus case in Tokyo
Japan detected its first case of the monkeypox virus, in Tokyo, the capital’s governor said on Monday.The infected person is a man in his 30s who has ... World News -
WHO moves to roll out world’s first authorized malaria vaccine in Africa
As the World Health Organization announces the next step in its rollout of the world’s first authorized malaria vaccine in three African countries, concerns about its value have come from an unlikely source: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, arguably the vaccine’s biggest backer World News -
Migrants, refugees at risk of poorer access to healthcare, WHO urges immediate action
Millions of migrants and refugees face poorer healthcare than the communities in their host countries, the World Health Organization warned in its ... World News -
WHO confirms 14,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide, five deaths in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 14,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide, with five deaths reported in Africa, Director General Tedros ... World News -
WHO says COVID-19 infections tripled across Europe
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all ... Coronavirus -
Danish lab to supply 1.5 million monkeypox doses in Europe
Danish company Bavarian Nordic, the lone laboratory manufacturing a licensed vaccine against monkeypox, said Tuesday an “undisclosed European ... World News -
UN sounds ‘red alert’ on global immunization backslide
Increased misinformation and the disruption of global supply chains due to COVID-19 are behind the biggest sustained drop in childhood vaccinations in ... World News -
Outbreaks from animals in Africa surge by 60 percent in last decade: WHO
The number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has surged by more than 60 percent in the last decade, the World ... World News -
Over 1,000 recorded cases of mysterious child hepatitis outbreak globally: WHO
Over 1,000 probable cases of unexplained severe acute hepatitis in children have been recorded in 35 countries since the outbreak was first detected ... World News -
COVID-19 still global health emergency: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly two and a half years after it was first ... World News -
More than 6,000 monkeypox cases reported globally, another emergency meeting set: WHO
More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries in the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.The UN ... World News -
Monkeypox cases top 5,000: WHO
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that 5,322 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox had been reported to it in the current outbreak, 85 ... World News -
Sanofi launches health brand with non-profit treatments for low-income countries
French drugmaker Sanofi will make 30 of its treatments, including insulin, available on a not-for-profit basis in 40 lower-income countries in the ... Healthy Living -
WHO calls for ‘urgent’ action in Europe over monkeypox
The World Health Organization called on Friday for ‘urgent’ action to prevent the spread of monkeypox in Europe, noting that cases had tripled there ... World News -
WHO: Over 4.1 million new COVID-19 cases reported globally, 18 pct increase
The number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18 percent in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World ... Coronavirus -
Africa in need of test kits, vaccines for monkeypox: CDC Africa
Africa has no vaccines for monkeypox and test kits are in short supply, the acting director of Africa’s top public health agency said on ... World News -
WHO warns ‘sustained transmission’ of monkeypox risks vulnerable groups
The World Health Organization said “sustained transmission” of monkeypox worldwide could see the virus begin to move into high-risk groups, like ... World News -
WHO: Monkeypox is ‘an evolving threat’ but not a global health emergency
The World Health Organization opted against calling the recent monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.The outbreak is ... World News -
South Africa detects first case of monkeypox
South Africa on Thursday reported its first case of monkeypox, joining some 40 other countries that have identified patients with the disease.“The ... World News -
WHO eyes decision on monkeypox ‘emergency’, Africa says it's long overdue
The World Health Organization will decide on Thursday whether to declare monkeypox a global health emergency, stirring criticism from leading African ... World News -
G20 targets raising $1.5 bln for global pandemic fund, says host Indonesia
The Group of 20 (G20) major economies aims to raise $1.5 billion this year for a fund set up to better prepare for future pandemics, the health ... World News -
Africa reports 1,597 suspected monkeypox cases, 66 deaths this year: CDC
Africa has documented 1,597 suspected cases of monkeypox since the start of 2022, of which 66 have been fatal, the acting director of Africa’s top ... World News -
WHO: COVID-19 deaths rise, reversing a five-week decline
After five weeks of declining coronavirus deaths, the number of fatalities reported globally increased by four percent last week, according to the ... Coronavirus -
North Korea faces infectious disease outbreak amid COVID-19 battle
North Korea reported an outbreak of an unidentified intestinal epidemic in a farming region on Thursday, putting further strain on the isolated ... Coronavirus -
WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox amid inequity fears
The World Health Organization said it’s creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond ... World News -
WHO to assess if monkeypox an international health emergency
The WHO said Tuesday it would hold an emergency meeting next week to determine whether to classify the global monkeypox outbreak as a public health ... World News -
China calls COVID-19 ‘lab leak’ theory a lie after WHO report
China on Friday attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as a politically motivated ... Coronavirus -
Concern grows that human medical waste implicated in virus spillovers
There is some concern among health experts that monkeypox and other infectious diseases could be transmitted to animals via human medical waste as ... World News -
North Korea COVID-19 outbreak likely ‘getting worse’ says WHO
The World Health Organization lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was ... Coronavirus