Wed 06 July 2022: According to the World Health Organization, more than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have been documented from 58 different countries so far in the current outbreak. The WHO’s highest level of alert, the outbreak will be discussed at a meeting of the U.N. agency’s committee in the week commencing July 18 or […]
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Tue 05 July 2022: On Saturday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acknowledges that problems with devices it approved to detect blood oxygen levels may be one of the reasons why doctors occasionally fail to identify serious cases of COVID-19 among people of color, Politico reports. “Pulse oximeters can overestimate blood oxygen in people […]
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Sat 02 July 2022: In light of the fact that cases of monkeypox there have tripled over the past two weeks, the World Health Organization called on Friday for “urgent” action to prevent the disease from spreading. “Today, I am intensifying my call for governments and civil society to scale up efforts … to prevent […]
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Wed 29 June 2022: Facebook and Instagram have taken down posts from users who advertised abortion drugs through mail. According to Motherboard, Facebook removed these posts on the same day that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which had legalized abortion in the US, and also temporarily banned some of those users because they […]
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Wed 29 June 2022: The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed the country’s second case of Monkeypox. The latest case was identified through laboratory testing. In a statement, the NICD said the case involves a 32-year-old male residing in the Western Cape. “He reports no recent travel history. Contact tracing has commenced in […]
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Tue 28 June 2022: The World Health Organization reported almost 3,400 confirmed monkeypox cases and one fatality as of last Wednesday, with the majority of them coming from Europe, according to an update issued on Monday. WHO said that since June 17, 1,310 new cases were reported to the agency, with eight new countries reporting monkeypox […]
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Mon 27 June 2022: The annual World Drug Report from the UN is out, and it provides information regarding cannabis that was pretty much expected. The regular use of cannabis has increased significantly since its non-medical usage became permitted. Covid lockdowns too had a similar effect, with nothing else to do, people turned to the […]
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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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