WHO EXPERTS DISCUSS WHETHER TO DECLARE EMERGENCY ON MONKEYPOX

Fri 22 July 2022: On Thursday (July 21), experts discussed whether the World Health Organization (WHO) should declare the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency, the highest level of alert. Monkeypox cases are rapidly increasing, with nearly 15,400 cases reported in at least 71 countries. A second meeting of the WHO’s emergency committee on the […]

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OVER 100 MONKEYPOX CASES ARE REPORTED IN ISRAEL

Tue 19 July 2022: Israel has registered over 100 cases of monkeypox, according to the country’s Health Ministry on Tuesday, Anadolu News Agency reports. “Monkeypox is a viral disease characterised by fever, a rash with fluid-filled vesicles and swollen lymph nodes,” the Ministry said in a statement. The Ministry appealed to citizens with symptoms to go to […]

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NEW FDA-APPROVED EYEDROPS COULD IMPROVE CLOSE-UP VISION, REPLACE SPECTACLES

Sun 17 July 2022: Spectacles and eyeglasses are unquestionably a blessing for people with weak eyes. They make it possible for you to read, walk around without tripping over things, and basically just see what is in front of you. They can, however, also be a curse. They break easily, are very simple to forget […]

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COVID-19 FUELS WORST REGRESS IN CHILDHOOD VACCINATIONS IN 3 DECADES: UN

Sat 16 July 2022: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the most significant decline in childhood vaccinations in some 30 years, according to official data published by the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Friday. The UN agencies warned that global vaccination coverage continued to decline in 2021, with 25 million infants missing lifesaving vaccines. “Planning […]

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USE OF VR THERAPY MAY HELP REDUCE FLYING, HEIGHTS, AND SPIDER PHOBIAS: STUDY

Fri 15 July 2022: Virtual reality (VR) therapies may reduce phobias as a new trial suggests fresh hope for the estimated one in 12 people worldwide suffering from a fear of flying, needles, heights, spiders, and dogs. The results from the trial, published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, showed a 75 per cent reduction in phobia symptoms […]

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SA HEALTH DEPARTMENT WORKS WITH WHO TO ASSESS RISK OF SPREADING MONKEYPOX

Mon 11 July 2022: The Department of Health and the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) is collaborating with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to assess the risk for local transmission of Monkeypox. According to the Cabinet statement on Monday, this is done in line with the International Health Regulations (IHR), a legally binding agreement […]

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WHO CALLS EMERGENCY MEETING AS MONKEYPOX CASES RISE

Thu  07 July 2022: The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced its plan to reconvene the Emergency Committee on monkeypox under the International Health Regulations as infections continue to soar globally. In June, the WHO’s Emergency Committee resolved by consensus the outbreak does not constitute a global public health emergency at this stage. However, addressing the […]

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