A new, unidentified illness has been reported in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is buffeted by multiple public health and humanitarian crises, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday.
President Trump’s actions cannot be brushed aside as inconsequential because they emanate from only one individual in one country.
BTS' Jimin bags the BRTI Gold certification for the track ‘Who’ in the U.K, becoming the first male K-pop soloist to brag the feat following PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style.’
Six European national health authorities have called for increased European engagement with the World Health Organization (WHO) in response to the potential withdrawal of the US.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced the release of additional $2 million to support Uganda's effort to fight the ongoing Ebola outbreak
Although only a few persons in the U.K. are infected by Omicron, preliminary data suggests that the number is rising. A very large number of persons worldwide had been infected earlier with different variants of the coronavirus. A large number are also fully vaccinated. All these persons have attained some level of immunity; they have started to produce proteins that can protect them against infection.
The study has revealed that about 68 percent of food and beverage products have excess amounts of at least one ingredient of concern whereas 32 percent are within the scientific thresholds recommended WHO regional standards.
“We cannot end this pandemic unless we solve the vaccine crisis,” said the WHO chief, even as he criticised wealthier nations for rushing to administer booster jabs to healthier people, stating that while vaccines are “in every country’s best interest” the emergence of the new variant ~ a highly-mutated coronavirus ~ and other such variants will continue to cause concern until the entire world’s population is equally vaccinated.
The theme for the World AIDS Day 2021 is "End inequalities. End AIDS".
The WHA May session this year decided to set up a working group to consider the findings and recommendations of a number of panels and committees on global preparedness for Covid-19 before starting their discussions on the potential new "legally binding agreement between nations," on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.
