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By Biswajit Dhar The World Health Organization (WHO) has called it “vaccine apartheid”: developed economies who can pay for Covid-19 vaccines have much higher rates of vaccination than developing economies. Only 21% of people in low-income countries have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose, partly because pharmaceutical companies have refused to temporarily waive their […]
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Moscow: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the risk of the spread of Monkeypox in Europe, including Russia, is high. “According to the WHO assessment, at the regional level, the risk in the WHO European Region is high over reports about the widespread outbreak which engulfed several previously untouched countries and some atypical […]
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Ottawa: Canada has confirmed 58 cases of monkeypox, the country’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said. Speaking to reporters at a health briefing, Tam said the confirmed cases have been reported nationally, including 52 cases from Quebec, five from Ontario and one from Alberta, reports Xinhua news agency. She said the risk of exposure […]
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Mumbai: A “tremendous” rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai is driving a surge in new infections in Maharashtra over the last few days, data showed, with a top official expressing fear that the approaching monsoon could herald a spate of symptomatic cases. Maharashtra had recorded 169 new cases on May 1, while […]
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New Delhi: The monkeypox virus has spread to more than 20 countries, with about 200 confirmed cases and over 100 suspected cases in nations where it is typically not found, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. The global health body has urged nations to increase surveillance of the infectious disease as outbreaks grow. According to […]
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New Delhi: The current outbreak of the monkeypox virus is primarily spreading through sex among men, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, adding that the virus is “containable”. First reported on May 7 in the UK, monkeypox has rapidly spread to over a dozen countries, where the virus is typically not found unlike some […]
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London: More than 80 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in at least 12 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced. The WHO said another 50 suspected cases are being investigated, without naming any countries, and warned that more cases are likely to be reported. Infections have been confirmed in nine European countries, as well […]
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London: European and American health authorities have identified a number of cases monkeypox in recent days, mostly in young men. It’s a surprising outbreak of disease that rarely appears outside Africa. Health officials around the world are keeping watch for more cases because, for the first time, the disease appears to be spreading among people […]
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With several parts of the world witnessing a renewed surge in Covid infections, it is time for India to be vigilant without pushing the panic button. There is a need for greater disease surveillance and genomic sequencing to identify the new variants of the coronavirus and ramping up health infrastructure to handle exigencies. Testing, tracking, […]
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Ottawa: A new poll has revealed that more than half of Canadians, or 54 per cent, said they had a close friend or family member who was infected with Covid-19 in the past two years. The online poll, carried out by the Angus Reid Institute and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, surveyed a representative randomised sample […]
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Geneva: On World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the gap in the availability of cancer care in high and low-income countries to be addressed. Globally, cancer is one of the leading causes of death, with an estimated 20 million people diagnosed and 10 million deaths from the disease in 2021, the […]
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries that are starting to lift Covid-19 measures to do so in a steady and slow way, as recent data have shown a sharp increase in coronavirus-related deaths around the world. “Since the Omicron variant was first identified just 10 weeks ago, almost 90 million cases […]
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New Delhi: The highly transmissible Omicron with three sub-variants is likely replacing the previously dominant Delta strain in India, pushing the daily tally of Covid-19 cases in the country. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Omicron variant (parent Pango lineage B.1.1.529) includes three descendent lineages (BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3). While BA.1 and BA.3 […]
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According to Hans Henri P Kluge, the WHO's Regional Director for Europe, Omicron variant can evade previous immunity in people.
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Hong Kong: The hyper mutated Omicron Covid-19 variant infects and multiplies 70 times faster than the Delta variant and the original SARS-CoV-2 in human lungs, according to a study. This may explain the reason why Omicron is transmitting much faster between humans than previous variants, said researchers from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at The […]
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Mounting tensions put the US in a difficult position but armed conflict between the two superpowers is unlikely
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Emergence of Omicron shows Covid-appropriate behaviour is still critical for breaking the transmission chain
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We must change our tactics from reacting to surges of Covid-19 to preventing them from happening in the first place
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New Delhi: Over the last one-and-a-half-year, people have been vocal about both mental and physical health in relationships. Even while miles away from one another, people kept checking on the health and well-being of their loved ones. However, one issue, i.e., breast cancer has been affecting women throughout the world, and it still needs much […]
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Hyderabad: The World Health Organization (WHO) tweeted on Tuesday that WHO and an independent group of experts will meet next week to carry out the risk/benefit assessment and come to a final decision whether to grant Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to Covaxin. Covaxin manufacturer, Bharat Biotech, has been submitting data to WHO on a rolling […]
