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China to cease criminal charges for breaching COVID-19 response measures
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This comes as a major outbreak has ripped through China's urban centers in the wake of an abrupt relaxation of disease control last month, CNN reported. The World Health Organization (WHO) officials have become increasingly vocal in their calls for reliable information.
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Not just vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics key to deal with outbreak
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Soumya Swaminathan, the World Health Organization's former chief scientist on Tuesday laid emphasis that it is important not to forget the use of diagnostics and therapeutics, along with the development of vaccines to deal with any future virus.
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'Tridemic' overwhelms Canadian health care system
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the Canadian Global Television Network citing Marnay Blunt reports, respiratory illness cases are increasing this year and all this comes amid the cautions from the World Health Organization, as drastic measures are being considered worldwide to slow virus spread.
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Measles becomes 'an imminent global threat' due to the Covid pandemic: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The World Health Organization(WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday (local time) said that measles immunization had dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million children missing a vaccin
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WHO looking to rename monkeypox to 'MPOX': Report
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking to rename monkeypox to "MPOX" to destigmatize the virus, according to a US newspaper report.
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Research: Flawed nutritional guidelines led to increased use of fluoride
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Prominent organizations including the World Health Organization and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have dismissed low-carbohydrate diets that prevent tooth decay in favor of recommending high-carbohydrate diets which rely on fluoride and food fortification to mitigate dental damage an
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COVID-19 pandemic was, more likely than not, the result of a research-rela
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The US Senate presented an interim report on the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Richard Burr, the panel's ranking member said he hopes that this report will guide the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international institutions and researchers.
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WHO asks countries to recognize importance of investing in primary healthc
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked countries to recognize the importance of investing in health, particularly in primary healthcare, said WHO South-East Asia Region Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh.
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CDSCO requests WHO for report that establishes link of medical products by
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): National Regulatory Authority, CDSCO has requested the World Health Organization (WHO) to share the report on the establishment of "causal relation to death" with the medical products manufactured by a Haryana-based company, Maiden Pharmaceutical Limite
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Centre monitoring, taking updates from state regulatory agencies about Mai
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): The Central government is continuously taking all the updates and monitoring State regulatory authorities under whose jurisdiction lies the drug manufacturing unit Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd whose products are under the World Health Organization's inves
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CDSCO takes up urgent investigation on WHO's complaint for India-made coug
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 6 (ANI): After the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert on four India-made cough and cold syrups used for paediatric groups, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has taken up an urgent investigation in this regard.
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"DO NOT use them": WHO issues alert on four cough syrups made by India's M
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 5 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a medical product alert on four cough and cold syrups made by India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited, and said that these "substandard" products are unsafe, especially in children, and may result i
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