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Covid cases on rise in 110 countries, driven by 2 Omicron sub-variants: WHO

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that the fast-spreading Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 together are estimated to make up half of the coronavirus cases in the US

WHO warns 'sustained transmission' of monkeypox risks vulnerable groups

The virus has now been identified in more than 50 new countries outside the countries in Africa where it is endemic

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Monkeypox not a global emergency 'at this stage', says WHO panel

The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency

WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency

Declaring monkeypox to be a global emergency would mean the U.N. health agency considers the outbreak to be an extraordinary event and that the disease is at risk of spreading across even more borders

Biological E gets WHO nod to be addl facility for production of J&J vaccine

Biological E has received the WHO nod to be an additional facility for production of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. "Congratulations to @biological_e on its @WHO approval as an additional manufacturing site for the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine! Great progress for the Quad Vaccine and #USIndiaHealth partnerships through U.S. technical support and @DFCgov financing," the US embassy in India said in a tweet on Wednesday. India's first indigenously developed RBD protein subunit vaccine, Biological E's Corbevax, is currently being used to inoculate children in the age group of 12 to 14 years. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) recently approved Corbevax as a precaution dose for those aged 18 and above.

Trajectory of a killer disease

Vidya Krishnan been on the health beat for many years and meticulously documented weaknesses in global and Indian health policy, which have turned it into an unacknowledged pandemic

1 in 8 people globally live with mental disorder: WHO

About one in eight people in the world live with a mental disorder, said the WHO in a landmark report released on Friday calling for urgent action on transforming mental healthcare

WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox outbreak amid inequity fears

The move could result in the U.N. health agency distributing scarce vaccine doses to rich countries that can otherwise afford them.

Hundreds of millions of Covid vaccines in India to expire in September

Covaxin has a shelf life of 12 months, while Covishield, the vaccine that accounted for nearly 80% of India's vaccinations, has a shelf life of nine months

China says Covid lab leak theory politically motivated 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 lie, after WHO recommended yet that a deeper probe

Foodborne diseases affect 10% of world population annually, says WHO

Globally, foodborne diseases affect one in ten people annually, and the magnitude of the public health burden due to foodborne diseases was comparable to that of malaria or HIV and AIDS, the WHO said

More than 550 confirmed monkeypox cases reported across 30 countries: WHO

Thirty non-endemic countries have reported more than 550 confirmed cases of monkeypox, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

WHO raises alarm on tobacco industry environmental impact, human health

WHO revealed new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction it is causing

Disease experts call on WHO, governments for more action on monkeypox

Scientists say there needs to be clearer guidance on how a person infected with monkeypox should isolate, more explicit advice on how to protect people who are at risk, and improved testing

WHO says will begin Covid-19 vaccination drive in Afghanistan from June

The WHO announced that it will begin its Covid-19 vaccination campaign in Afghanistan from June

Countries should take right measures to contain Monkeypox spread: WHO

A WHO official said that countries should take the right measures to contain Monkeypox cases easily and also share data about their vaccine stockpiles

Monkeypox in more than 20 nations, about 200 confirmed cases: WHO

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 WHO said

WHO chief Tedros reappointed to second five-year term amid no opposition

Tedros, a former govt minister from Ethiopia, has directed WHO throughout its management of the global response to Covid-19 and withstood occasionally withering criticism over its multiple missteps

What is monkeypox?

The threat of another virus is looming large over Europe. Over 170 cases of monkeypox have been reported in Europe and in four other countries outside the union. India too is on the guard