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Mpox is no longer a "global health emergency": World Health Organisation
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
He said that on Wednesday, the emergency committee for mpox met and recommended him that the multi-country outbreak of mpox no longer represents a public health emergency of international concern.
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India reports 2,109 new Covid cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The active caseload in the country stood at 21,406 and the recovery rate at 98.77 per cent
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India reports 1,331 new Covid cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
India reported 1,331 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.
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New WHO manual aims to strengthen pedestrian safety
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Walking brings health, transport and environmental benefits, but roads remain unsafe for pedestrians everywhere. Over 3,10,000 pedestrians were killed in crashes in 2016, accounting for 23 per cent of all global deaths. Per kilometre travelled pedestrians face a nine times higher risk of dea
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Covid-19 global health emergency over: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"It is therefore with great hope that I declare #COVID19 over as a global health emergency. However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat. Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes - and that's just the deaths we know about," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey
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Researchers discover new potential target for treating vascular disease
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Vascular disorders, which include myocardial infarction, stroke, renal failure, and peripheral vascular disease, continue to account for one-third of all deaths in the United States, Europe, and developing countries (World Health Organisation, 2021). The activation of vascular smooth muscle
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"Someone duplicated cough syrup to defame India": Managing Director, QP Ph
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Food And Drug Administration (FDA) of Punjab doubt that someone has duplicated the product (cough syrup) sent to Cambodia and then sold it in the Marshall Islands and Micronesia to defame the Government of India," said Sudhir Pathak, MD of the firm based in Dera Bassi, Punjab .
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Mortein and Malaria No More come together to launch Mission Zero Malaria
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Reckitt's well-known household insecticide brand, Mortein launched 'Mission Zero Malaria' with support from the Government of Uttar Pradesh in Bareilly today. Aligned with India's goal to eliminate Malaria by 2030, Mission
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Top US, Sudanese generals talk on phone as US considers embassy evacuation
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday said that the US military is looking into options to evacuate the US Embassy in Sudan amid the fighting that has killed hundreds, mainly in Khartoum and the west of the country, as per Al Jazeera's report.
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WHO chief calls situation in Sudan "heartbreaking," says peace only soluti
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
World Health Organisation (WHO) condemned the loss of lives in Sudan on Thursday as clashes continue to deepen between the army and the paramilitaries in the country.
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WHO releases largest global collection of health inequality data
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The data from the repository showed that, in just a decade, the rich-poor gap in health service coverage among women, newborns and children in low- and middle-income countries has nearly halved. They also reveal that, in these countries, eliminating wealth-related inequality in under-five mo
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India is very well-poised to lead G20 countries: WHO representative to Ind
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO)'s India representative, Roderico Ofrin on Wednesday said that India is very well-poised to lead the G20 countries as it has well-invested in areas of health emergency preparedness and response architecture.
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