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Research: Monkeypox risk higher in children 8 or younger
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Children aged 8 years or younger should be considered a group at high risk for more severe monkeypox disease, reports The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, the official journal of The European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases.
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COVID-19 pandemic was, more likely than not, the result of a research-rela
Updated : 3 years, 8 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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Tuberculosis cases surged for the first time in many years: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The burden of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) also increased by 3 per cent between 2020 and 2021, with 450 000 new cases of rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB) in 2021. This is the first time in many years an increase has been reported in the number of people falling ill with TB and drug resistant TB.
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Shortage of cholera vaccines forces WHO shift to single-dose approach
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Since January this year, 29 countries have reported cholera cases, including Haiti, Malawi and Syria which are facing large outbreaks. In comparison, in the previous 5 years, fewer than 20 countries on average reported outbreaks. The global trend is moving towards more numerous, more widespr
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New XBB Covid variant is immune evasive says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 21 (ANI): With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that there were over 300 sub-variants and XBB being a recombinant virus is a matter of concern.
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Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, deadly COVID st
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Following a set of linked experiments that were first believed to have sparked the global epidemic in China, researchers at Boston University claim to have developed a new COVID strain with an 80% death rate.
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WHO asks countries to recognize importance of investing in primary healthc
Updated : 3 years, 8 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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South-East Asia region making strides in universal eye health coverage: WH
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): As October 14 marks World Sight Day, World Health Organization Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh said that despite an array of challenges, the South-East Asia region continues to make important progress towards universal eye health coverage for
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Flood-hit Pak gives nod to buy 6.2 mn mosquito nets from India
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): The Pakistan government on Tuesday gave a nod to the country's health ministry to procure 6.2 million mosquito nets from India, in a bid to protect the public from vector-borne diseases after the last month's devastating floods that killed more the 1,6
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WHO regional director calls for intensified action to achieve mental healt
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 10 (ANI): As October 10 marked World Mental Health Day, World Health Organization Regional Director Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh on Monday called on the member states in the region to intensify action to achieve access for all to quality mental health care, in line
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CDSCO requests WHO for report that establishes link of medical products by
Updated : 3 years, 8 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, 8 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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