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Health agency confirms community spread of monkeypox in England
Monkeypox appears to be spreading from person to person in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Wednesday.The usually mild viral ... World News -
‘Poisoning our planet’: WHO highlights tobacco industry damage to health, environment
The tobacco industry costs the world over eight million lives, 600 million trees, and 84 million tons of carbon dioxide each year, a new reported by ... Healthy Living -
Reports of monkeypox in non-endemic countries suggests undetected transmission: WHO
The World Health Organization said on Sunday that the sudden appearance of monkeypox at once in several countries where the disease is not typically ... World News -
WHO asks countries to increase surveillance for monkeypox
About 200 confirmed and more than 100 suspected cases of monkeypox have been detected so far outside of the countries where it usually spreads, a ... World News -
Russia’s Ukraine resolution flops at WHO assembly
A Russian resolution on the health crisis in war-torn Ukraine – which made no reference to Russia’s invasion – was solidly rejected by World Health ... World News -
More than 200 cases of monkeypox worldwide: EU disease agency
The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide has reached 219 outside of countries where it is endemic, according to an update released by the ... World News -
WHO chief Tedros reappointed to second 5-year term
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term on Tuesday by the UN health agency’s member countries.No ... World News -
French health authority recommends targeted monkeypox vaccinations
France’s health authority said on Tuesday it recommended starting a targeted vaccination campaign against monkeypox.The health authority said it ... World News -
Explainer: How concerned should we be about monkeypox?
Global health officials have sounded the alarm over rising cases in Europe and elsewhere of monkeypox, a type of viral infection more common to west ... World News -
WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe
The World Health Organization was due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection more ... World News -
WHO urges Russia for safe medical access to besieged parts of Ukraine
The head of the World Health Organization has urged Russia to ensure safe access to places in Ukraine that its troops control or are besieging, to ... World News -
China rejects US call to invite Taiwan to WHO assembly
China on Thursday angrily rejected a call for the World Health Organization to invite Taiwan to its annual assembly, after the United States pushed ... World News -
WHO says confirmed COVID-19 deaths in Europe exceed two million
The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Europe, the long-time epicenter of the pandemic, has passed two million, the World Health ... Coronavirus -
WHO: COVID-19 falling everywhere, except Americas and Africa
The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide has continued to fall except in the Americas and Africa, the World Health Organization said in ... Coronavirus -
Lack of access to chronic diseases treatment killed at least 3,000 in Ukraine: WHO
The World Health Organization’s European chief said on Tuesday that at least 3,000 people had died in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in February ... World News -
World Health Organization members pass resolution against Russia
Members of the World Health Organization’s European region passed a resolution on Tuesday that could result in the closure of Russia’s regional office ... World News -
WHO verifies 200 attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine since Russian invasion
Around 200 attacks have been carried out on healthcare facilities in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, the World ... World News -
WHO gathers evidence for possible war crimes investigation against Russia
The World Health Organization (WHO) is gathering evidence for a possible war crimes investigation into attacks it says it has documented by Russia on ... World News -
Northern Iraq registers Congo fever death
Iraqi authorities said one person died on Friday of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever as cases of the virus spread to the country’s north.Iraq has ... Middle East -
WHO members to consider shutting Europe hub office in Russia over Ukraine: Document
World Health Organization states will consider a resolution against Russia next week after its invasion of Ukraine, including the possible closure of ... World News -
WHO: Nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID-19
The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems ... Coronavirus -
Obesity rates rising to ‘epidemic’ level in Europe: WHO report
Most Europeans are overweight and rising rates of obesity threaten to undermine the region’s reputation for having a population that’s thinner on ... Healthy Living -
Ukraine seeks urgent WHO meeting on impact of invasion on health
Ukraine, backed by dozens of other countries, has written to the World Health Organization’s regional chief calling for an urgent meeting on the ... World News -
Africa sees rise in measles as pandemic disrupts vaccines
Africa is seeing a surge of outbreaks of preventable diseases as a result of disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health ... Coronavirus -
WHO chief says we are ‘increasingly blind’ on COVID-19 transmission
The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to maintain surveillance of coronavirus infections, saying the world was “blind” ... Coronavirus -
One child dies in mysterious liver disease outbreak affecting kids in Europe, US: WHO
The World Health Organization says at least one death has been reported in connection with a mysterious liver disease outbreak affecting children in ... World News -
New Ebola case confirmed in northwestern Congo, lab report says
A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, the National Institute of Biomedical Research said on Saturday, ... World News -
Poorer nations shun millions of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses
Poorer nations have refused tens of millions of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the global program COVAX, a document shows, the latest sign that ... Coronavirus -
COVID-19 cases, deaths in Africa drop to lowest levels yet: WHO
The number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa have dropped to their lowest levels since the pandemic began, marking the longest decline yet ... Coronavirus -
Donors pledge extra $4.8 billion to fight COVID-19 vaccine inequity
An international donor conference on Friday raised $4.8 billion (4.4 billion euros) for the UN-backed Covax scheme to deliver coronavirus jabs to ... Coronavirus