Ebola vaccines produced lasting antibodies during trial: Studies Studies in West Africa said the vaccines developed by Johnson & Johnson and Merck & Co appear to be safe in children. Al Jazeera · Dec 15, 2022
WHO Eyes End to Covid Emergency in 2023 The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was… Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 15, 2022
Chinese doctors and nurses reportedly told to work while infected as Covid surges Some Beijing hospitals have as many as 80% of staff infected, according to one doctor, leading to serious staff shortages The Guardian - AU · Dec 15, 2022
WHO chief asks China to share requested data to probe origins of Covid-19 GENEVA: World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday called on China to share the requested data concerning Covid-19 in a bid to understand the origins of the virus. The Times of India · Dec 15, 2022
J&J and Merck Ebola vaccines produce lasting antibodies in children and adults -studies Ebola vaccines developed by Johnson Johnson and Merck Co produced virus-fighting antibodies and appear to be safe in children and adults, according to data from two studies published on Wednesday. Reuters · Dec 14, 2022
China has a new strategy for keeping official COVID numbers down during its reopening: Stop counting many new infections With mandatory testing dropped, it can no longer accurately gauge the number of people who have COVID but don’t have symptoms, its National Health Commission said. Fortune · Dec 14, 2022
COVID-19 global health emergency will hopefully end next year, WHO chief says. But ‘the burden of post-COVID condition is only likely to increase’ The criteria for ending the emergency status will be discussed when the WHO’s COVID-19 emergency committee meets in January, he said. Fortune · Dec 14, 2022
COVID-19 responsible for 14.83 million deaths, World Health Organization says New estimates show COVID-19 has been responsible for approximately 14.83 million excess deaths worldwide, up to three times more than previously reported. ABC News · Dec 14, 2022
WHO chief says his uncle was murdered in Ethiopia's Tigray The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Eritrean troops "murdered" his uncle in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Reuters · Dec 14, 2022
China's COVID Spike Not Due to Lifting of Restrictions, Says WHO Director COVID-19 infections were exploding in China well before the government's decision to abandon its strict "zero-COVID" policy, a World Health Organization director said on Wednesday, quashing suggestions that the sudden reversal caused a spike in cases. The comments by the WHO's emergencies director Mike Ryan came as he warned of… Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 14, 2022
The CDC finally put a number on how many lives long COVID has claimed: 'It's probably an undercount' The WHO made a code for long COVID deaths in September 2020, but the U.S. hasn’t implemented it yet. Fortune · Dec 14, 2022
WHO chief hopes COVID will no longer be emergency next year World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday he is "hopeful" that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency some time next year. Reuters · Dec 14, 2022
The volunteers who risk their lives to deliver Australian aid to Ukraine’s frontlines Australian-based charities are working to provide aid that Ukrainians desperately need to survive a bitterly cold winter and Russian aggression The Guardian - AU · Dec 14, 2022
‘A ticking time bomb’: healthcare under threat across western Europe They’re supposed to be among the world’s best systems, but ageing populations, Covid and workforce issues are biting The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022
Bangkok Post · Dec 14, 2022 Warnings of tough times over China's rapid zero-Covid exit BEIJING: A week after China began dismantling its tough 'zero-Covid' controls, the World Health Organization warned of "very tough" times ahead and state media reported some seriously ill patients at hospitals in Beijing, raising fears of a wave of infections.
Reuters · Dec 14, 2022 Xi and top Chinese leadership to hold key economic meeting as COVID spikes Chinese President Xi Jinping, his ruling Politburo and senior government officials will meet over the next two days to plot a recovery for China's battered economy just as the nation faces a surge in COVID-19 infections.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 13, 2022 WHO Appoints Jeremy Farrar as Chief Scientist The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that Jeremy Farrar will become its new chief scientist as the agency prepares to cope with post-pandemic health challenges. He will join the WHO in the second quarter of 2023, replacing Soumya Swaminathan, who departed in November ahead of a broader shakeup at…
The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2022 A taste of the nomadic life leaves a legacy of strokes in Kazakhstan With high salt levels in traditional dishes linked to disease, health campaigners are urging change, from product labels to suggestions for alternative seasoning
Reuters · Dec 12, 2022 WHO, ECDC urge caution against severe strep A infections in Europe Europe should be vigilant against severe infections caused by a bacteria called group A Streptococcus in children below 10 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) and European Centre for Disease Control Prevention (ECDC) said on Monday.
Al Jazeera · Dec 12, 2022 Why does India still use and trade asbestos? Russia is among the nations that supply India with asbestos, a substance banned in several countries.
ABC News · Dec 12, 2022 WHO warns of surging antibiotic resistance from bacterial infections A new World Health Organization survey of over 80 countries finds heightened resistance to antibiotics from common and life-threatening infections.
Daily Mirror · Dec 11, 2022 Now's the time for Ella's law to stop children choking on killer air and toxic fumes Air pollution kills more than four million a year across the globe and around 99% of the world’s population live in areas failing to meet WHO guidelines for air pollution
The Conversation · Dec 11, 2022 Beyond vaccine hesitancy: Understanding systemic barriers to getting vaccinated The term “vaccine hesitancy” was in wide use years before the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The term focuses on individual-level attitudes toward vaccines. Throughout the pandemic, much popular and scholarly discussion about COVID-19 transmission focused on individual-level decisions, making it easy to blame the unvaccinated.
Reuters · Dec 9, 2022 Some bloodstream infection bacteria grew resistant to last-resort drugs in 2020 - WHO Increased drug resistance in bacteria causing bloodstream infections, including against last-resort antibiotics, was seen in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, a World Health Organization report based on data from 87 countries in 2020 showed.
Al Jazeera · Dec 8, 2022 COVID disruptions led to 63,000 more malaria deaths: WHO There were also 13 million additional infections globally over two years, according to World Malaria Report.