EXPERTS CALL ON US HEALTH SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR TO RESIGN OVER MISINFORMATION

Thu 04 September 2025: Health experts said Kennedy’s ‘repeated efforts to undermine science and public health’ have left Americans ‘less safe’. More than 20 health groups and medical associations have called on Robert F Kennedy Jr to step down as the United States’ health secretary, accusing him of putting lives at risk by disregarding decades […]

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RARE GENETIC MUTATION COULD ENABLE NEAR-UNIVERSAL VIRUS IMMUNITY, STUDY FINDS

Wed 20 August 2025: A recent study published in the Science Translational Medicine journal revealed that the recreation of a rare genetic mutation could enable near-universal virus immunity, Science Alert reported Tuesday A rare genetic mutation, a deficiency in interferon-stimulated gene 15 (ISG15) that appears to make people nearly invulnerable to viruses has been recreated […]

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GUNMAN’S CDC ASSAULT AIMED AT ANTI-VACCINE MESSAGE

Wed 13 August 2025: On August 8, Patrick Joseph White, a 30-year-old man, opened fire at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, aiming to protest COVID-19 vaccines, U.S. authorities reported on Tuesday. Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said that documents found at White’s home “expressed the shooter’s […]

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JAPAN DISCARDS $1.6 BILLION WORTH OF COVID-19 MEDICINE: REPORT

Sun 20 July 2025: Japan’s health ministry on Wednesday revealed that it discarded approximately 240 billion yen (around $1.6 billion) worth of COVID-19 oral medications in the fiscal year ending March, after the drugs passed their expiration dates, according to Kyodo News Agency. The medications — enough to treat roughly 2.5 million people — were purchased at the […]

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MOTSOALEDI: NO CAUSE FOR ALARM AS NEW COVID VARIANT DETECTED ABROAD

Wed 11 June 2025: Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has confirmed that South Africa is closely monitoring the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1—also known as Nimbus—which has been linked to rising case numbers in several Asian countries. Speaking at the 4th Health Working Group meeting of the G20 in Johannesburg, Motsoaledi said the […]

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VACCINE SCEPTIC RFK JR EXPELS ALL 17 MEMBERS OF CDC VACCINE PANEL

Tue 10 June 2025: US President Trump-appointed Health Secretary and vaccine sceptic will replace panel with his own selections. United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr has purged a 17-member panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides expertise on vaccines. Kennedy, who before taking a position […]

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NEW CORONAVIRUS STRAIN IN CHINA COULD POSE GLOBAL PANDEMIC RISK

Sat 07 June 2025: A new strain of coronavirus discovered in China has raised concerns that it could cause a global pandemic due to its potential to mutate and infect humans. Named HKU5-CoV-2, this variant is capable of infecting more animal species than the COVID-19 virus, increasing the risk of cross-species transmission. The virus was first discovered in China […]

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WHO MEMBER STATES ADOPT WORLD’S 1ST PANDEMIC ACCORD TO STRENGTHEN GLOBAL HEALTH RESPONSE

Tue 20 May 2025: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) member states, 194, on Tuesday formally adopted the first-ever pandemic agreement, marking a milestone in global public health cooperation. The consensus decision at the 78th World Health Assembly follows over three years of negotiations sparked by the inequities and gaps exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO […]

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COVID-19 CASES SURGE ACROSS TAIWAN, WITH NEARLY 10,000 SEEKING MEDICAL CARE

Tue 13 May 2025: COVID-19 cases continue to surge across Taiwan, with nearly 10,000 seeking medical care last week, Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday, Focus Taiwan reported. On May 4-10, Taiwan saw 9,978 outpatient and emergency visits related to COVID-19, a 66% increase from the previous week. According to the CDC, this marks the fifth […]

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