“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
Zero COVID policy not sustainable; shift strategy: WHO tells China World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this on Tuesday while commenting on China’s zero COVID policy under… 3 years agoMay 11, 2022
India’s top health experts question WHO report on excess Covid deaths, term it untenable ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava, NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria and NTAGI’s COVID-19 Working… 3 years agoMay 6, 2022
‘Science doesn’t lie, PM Modi does’: Rahul Gandhi attacks govt over WHO Covid death numbers Gandhi also demanded that the government should support the families that have lost loved ones by giving them the mandated… 3 years agoMay 6, 2022
Matter of great pride for every Indian: PM Modi on WHO centre for traditional medicine In a series of tweets, the prime minister said that starting Monday, he will be on a visit to Gujarat… 3 years agoApril 17, 2022
Fallout of WHO observations: Covaxin’s Phase 2/3 trials in US put on hold WHO had earlier suspended the supply of Covaxin through US procurement agencies, after its inspectors identified GMP (good manufacturing practice)… 3 years agoApril 14, 2022
Single vaccine shot to deliver protection against HPV: WHO SAGE Calling it a game-changer for the prevention of the disease, the World Health Organization said it expects more doses of… 3 years agoApril 13, 2022
Continuing to monitor ‘several descendent lineages’ of Omicron variant: WHO The COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, released by WHO on Tuesday, said that the Omicron variant remains the dominant variant circulating… 3 years agoApril 13, 2022
What’s cooking, WHO? Its recent recommendations could end up unfairly categorising Indian traditional food products as unhealthy
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