BF.7: The next major COVID strain? New COVID variants BF.7 and BA.2.75.2 are edging out BA.5 for supremacy. Will the new vaccine boosters be enough? Salon · Sep 22, 2022
When the Auf Wiedersehen, Pet star and the lead singer of The Who teamed up Stars of music and comedy, including Jimmy Nail and Roger Daltrey, performed at The Sage Gateshead in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust on this night 15 years ago Chronicle Live · Sep 22, 2022
Secret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect children Church members in Zimbabwe are getting their children vaccinated against measles in secret amid a deadly outbreak The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022
Every 2 seconds, 1 person under 70 dies of noncommunicable diseases in world: WHO report Diseases relating to the heart, cancer, diabetes and respiratory diseases claim the lives of every one person every two seconds under the age of 70, a World Health Organisation report has said. Read more on Dynamite News: Dynamite News · Sep 22, 2022
COVID pandemic created immunisation gaps in Africa. Over half a million children are at risk The COVID pandemic exposed the fault lines in health systems and national routine immunisation programmes around the world. The Conversation · Sep 21, 2022
Watch | Can the Covid-19 pandemic end soon? A video on the present global situation with Covid-19 and the WHO’s guidelines to countries The Hindu · Sep 21, 2022
Non-communicable diseases kill a person under 70 every two seconds, says WHO Chronic and mainly preventable diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease outstripping infectious diseases due to inaction The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2022
A Colorado teen’s long COVID isn’t just persisting — after 2 years, it’s getting worse DENVER -- Reminders of life outside Lilly Downs’ Denver hospital room dotted the walls. The Denver Post · Sep 21, 2022
China’s ‘hidden epidemics’: the preventable diseases that could reshape a nation Stratospheric economic growth since the late 1970s has brought great prosperity, along with ‘western-style’ health problems that are beginning to have a devastating impact The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2022
Is a new Covid variant set to ruin Ireland's winter? WHO chief sounds alarm A new Covid variant that is more transmittable and “potentially more severe” could go undetected Irish Mirror · Sep 20, 2022
Is the Covid-19 pandemic ‘over’? Biden’s bold declaration raises questions US President Joe Biden and WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus both recently expressed optimism that the Covid-19 crisis may be drawing to an end. But is the pandemic really a thing of the past? France 24 · Sep 20, 2022
Uganda announces first death in latest outbreak of Ebola Uganda's health ministry has announced the country's first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende. Radio France Internationale · Sep 20, 2022
People dying of water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan Nine die of gastroenteritis, diarrhoea and malaria in Sindh in the last 24 hours as the crisis overwhelms health system. Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2022
Ebola strikes again as country records first death in three years and outbreak declared The WHO's Africa Director Matshidiso Moeti said it is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda is recording the Ebola Sudan strain and that they are working closely to investigate the source of the outbreak Daily Mirror · Sep 20, 2022
Irish Mirror · Sep 20, 2022 Ebola outbreak from 'rare strain' declared in Uganda as first death confirmed The country’s health ministry announced the first death - of a man in his 20s - from the virus since 2019 had been recorded.
Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2022 Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak after patient dies A young man in Uganda’s Mubende district showed symptoms and later died; there are currently eight suspect cases.
Reuters · Sep 20, 2022 Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 20, 2022 WHO Sends Supplies to Syria to Deal with Cholera Outbreak A plane carrying medical supplies to deal with the spread of a deadly cholera outbreak in war-torn Syria landed in the capital of Damascus on Monday, the World Health Organization said, and another one will follow. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO’s regional director, told The Associated Press in an interview during a…
Wales Online · Sep 19, 2022 WHO advises against use of two antibody therapies against Covid At least for the time being, there are no recommended antibody therapies to treat the coronavirus
Axios · Sep 19, 2022 Biden: "The pandemic is over" WHO's chief said last week the end of the pandemic "is in sight," but "we are not there yet."
The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022 WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan The World Health Organization is raising the alarm about a “second disaster” in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases
Glasgow Live · Sep 16, 2022 Nine of Glasgow’s greatest gigs of all time - as chosen by locals Glasgow has welcomed a huge variety of stars over the years and is famous as having one of the best gig atmospheres in the world - but which concerts stand out in the minds of Glaswegians?
The Conversation · Sep 16, 2022 The WHO has advised against the use of two antibody therapies against COVID – here's what that means New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly advises against using the antibody therapies sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab to treat patients with COVID-19.
Newslaundry · Sep 16, 2022 Who funds CPR, the ‘centrist’ think tank under Income Tax scanner? The Centre for Policy Research, which has recently come under the tax scanner for alleged irregularities in funding, prides itself on staying true to its “non-partisan” and “independent” values. Since its inception in 1973, the think tank has undertaken studies on almost every topic under the sun, and its academic…
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 16, 2022 Bahrain Detects 1st Monkeypox Case Bahrain has detected its first monkeypox case, the state news agency BNA said on Friday, citing the health ministry. The ministry said the patient was returning from abroad when his symptoms were suspected and diagnosed, BNA added. "The patient, a 29-year-old male expatriate, has arrived in the Kingdom after recent…