Sun 26 June 2022: The outbreak of monkeypox in more than 50 countries has not yet been declared a worldwide emergency, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which announced this decision on Saturday. The assessment was made following three days of discussions in Geneva by the monkeypox emergency committee of the UN health agency, […]
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Fri 24 June 2022: The South African Medical Association (SAMA) has recommended vigilance among its members and the public after the discovery of the first monkeypox case in South Africa on Thursday. While the case has been confirmed in Gauteng, SAMA cautioned other provinces to be on the lookout for the virus. According to the […]
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Fri 24 June 2022: As per the president of the UN drug agency, more than 280 million individuals took drugs globally in 2020. The director-general of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime, Ghada Fathi Waly, stated that drug trafficking is also on the rise in a message that was made public ahead of the […]
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Thu 23 June 2022: Nearly 1 in 5 American adults who reported having COVID-19 in the past are still having symptoms of long Covid, according to survey data collected in the first two weeks of June, US health officials said on Wednesday. Overall, 1 in 13 adults in the United States have long Covid symptoms lasting […]
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Wed 22 June 2022: Nearly 1,000 patients die every year due to congestion in emergency service rooms, the Dutch association of emergency doctors (NVSHA) said on Wednesday. NVSHA Chairman David Baden blamed the congestion on a shortage of specialist doctors and nurses. A study in the UK that involved more than 5 million patients on the risk […]
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Thu 16 June 2022: An international team of researchers believe they have discovered the origins of the 14th century pandemic known as the Black Death, Anadolu News Agency reports. “Through multiple lines of evidence, our data support an early fourteenth-century source of the second plague pandemic in central Eurasia,” according to a study published in Nature magazine […]
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Wed 15 June 2022: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it is seeking to alter the name of the monkeypox virus, which has been spreading throughout the globe in recent months. The “WHO is also working with partners and experts from around the world on changing the name of monkeypox virus, its […]
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Wed 15 June 2022: Up to 40% of the annual blood donations worldwide are collected in high-income countries that are home to 16% of the world’s population, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). World Blood Donation Day is being observed on Tuesday to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products […]
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Tue 14 June 2022: In an emergency meeting next week, the World Health Organization will decide whether the monkeypox outbreak will be classified as a public health emergency of worldwide concern. Till now, there have been 1600 confirmed cases and around 1500 suspected cases of monkeypox around the world this year. In 39 countries, the […]
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Sun 12 June 2022: Canada is on track to become the first country in the world to include health warnings on individual cigarettes. Two decades ago, the country started a worldwide trend by mandating the addition of graphic picture warnings on tobacco product packaging. “We need to address the concern that these messages may have […]
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