Monkeypox Alert: Ethiopian national reports symptoms, admitted to Bengaluru hospital The African national has been isolated at the hospital where he got admitted for treatment of multiple health issues, including… 3 years agoJuly 30, 2022
WHO recommends long-acting cabotegravir for HIV prevention According to the global health agency, CAB-LA is an intramuscular injectable, long-acting form of PrEP, with the first 2 injections… 3 years agoJuly 28, 2022
Monkeypox: No need to be afraid, those infected stable now, says Kerala Health Minister The minister said that while the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared monkeypox outbreak as a global emergency due to… 3 years agoJuly 25, 2022
WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency Declaring monkeypox to be a global emergency could also inadvertently worsen the rush for vaccines, despite the mildness of the… 3 years agoJuly 21, 2022
Ghana reports two suspected cases of Marburg virus disease According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Marburg is a highly infectious viral haemorrhagic fever in the same family as… 3 years agoJuly 8, 2022
Omicron BA.2 ‘offsprings’ behind Covid surge in India? As WHO confirms BA.2.75 emergence, here’s what we know so far WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says that there has been a significant increase in the global case count. 3 years agoJuly 7, 2022
WHO says monkeypox is not yet a health emergency Monkeypox, a viral illness causing flu-like symptoms and skin lesions, has been spreading largely in men who have sex with… 3 years agoJune 26, 2022
“We’re playing with fire,” warns WHO Covid-19 Chief as infections multiply across the globe “The number of sequences that have been shared that we can analyze has dropped precipitously. And we’re looking at very… 3 years agoJune 22, 2022
Monkeypox outbreak ‘unusual, concerning,’ says WHO ahead of emergency meeting So far this year, over 1,600 confirmed and almost 1,500 suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported to the World… 3 years agoJune 14, 2022
780 cases of monkeypox reported or identified as of June 2: WHO The UN’s health agency said that while epidemiological investigations are ongoing, most reported cases so far have been presented through… 3 years agoJune 6, 2022
Delhi reports 445 new Covid-19 cases; Argentina reports Latin America’s first confirmed case of monkeypox: Top Health Updates The country is also seeing an increase in the active case county. The latest government data says that India’s active… 3 years agoMay 27, 2022
Global Centre for Traditional Medicine established in India to create reliable body of evidence, data for practices millions of people use: WHO chief The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Indian government have established the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in Jamnagar, in… 3 years agoMay 23, 2022
ASHA workers at forefront of ensuring healthy India: PM Modi India’s ten lakh all-women ASHA volunteers were honoured by the WHO on Sunday for their crucial role in providing direct… 3 years agoMay 23, 2022
FDA lifts hold on Covaxin’s clinical trials in US; Germany orders 40,000 vaccine doses as precaution against Monkeypox: Top Updates Researchers say that both these sub-variants are responsible for the latest surge of Covid-19 infections in Europe as well as… 3 years agoMay 24, 2022
Monkeypox Outbreak Highlights: Israel reports first monkeypox case; WHO says virus could be severe in children, pregnant women Monkeypox News Highlights: WHO has said that it is expecting more cases of Monkeypox as surveillance expands to non-endemic countries. 3 years agoMay 22, 2022
Pollution led to over 23.5 lakh premature deaths in India in 2019, highest in world: Lancet study The majority of air pollution related deaths — 9.8 lakh — in India were caused by ambient PM2.5 pollution –… 3 years agoMay 18, 2022
Some short-term benefit of additional booster dose of mRNA vaccine in health workers: WHO As a general principle, an interval of 4-6 months since completion of the primary series of the vaccine could be… 3 years agoMay 18, 2022
Why the Global Report on Assistive Technology (GReAT) Report matters for India? The report assumes significance as 90% of those who need assistive technology do not have access to it globally, and… 3 years agoMay 16, 2022
