Tag: WHO
WHO launches plan to stanch mpox transmission and says the virus can be stopped
The U.N. health agency has launched a six-month plan to help stanch…
WHO on alert as mpox cases surge to unprecedented levels in Africa
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday raised the response to…
New mpox outbreak raises alarm; WHO considers declaring international emergency
A different clade of mpox than the previous outbreak is spilling out…
WHO confirms 1st human case of H5N2 bird flu | CBC News
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a man in Mexico…
Measles is “growing global threat,” CDC tells doctors in alert message
Since December, there have been 23 measles cases in the US, including…
Upsurge of respiratory illnesses among children-Northern China
Source: Upsurge of respiratory illnesses among children-Northern China
Outcry as World Health Assembly locks out Taiwan under pressure from China
Taipei criticises ‘unfair and unjust’ decision to deny observer status despite support…
World Health Organization confirms highly infectious Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana
The World Health Organization declares Ghana’s first outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus…
WHO to reconvene monkeypox emergency panel on July 21
The World Health Organization said Thursday it would reconvene its expert monkeypox…
WHO calls emergency meeting as monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe – The Jerusalem Post
In what Germany described as the largest outbreak in Europe ever, cases…
As case counts fall, WHO chief warns “COVID isn’t finished”
The head of the World Health Organization says “COVID isn’t finished with…
WHO says omicron won’t be last Covid variant as global cases surge by 20% in a week
New infections have increased by 20% globally over the past week with…
Covid-19 outbreak: WHO reveals why Omicron spreads so fast as 10 million new cases are recorded in past week – NZ Herald
The “sheer number” of new cases threatens to overwhelm health systems, WHO…
Soaring Omicron could mutate into more dangerous variants, warns WHO official
Senior emergencies officer Catherine Smallwood urges against complacency, says that as COVID-19…
Covid warning as new variant with ’46 mutations’ infects 12 in southern France
A WARNING has been issued by scientists over another new COVID-19 variant…
WHO warns against rich nations hoarding jabs to fight Omicron
Chief issue for international dose-sharing programme is wealthy countries donating COVID-19 vaccines…
At least 89 killed by mystery disease as WHO deploys task force amid…
The region was recently hit with severe flooding – with health officials…
WHO skips two letters in Greek alphabet in naming Omicron COVID…
The emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has international health experts…
Covid-19 may have killed more than 100,000 health care workers, says WHO
The WHO said Thursday that 80,000 to 180,000 health care workers may have been…
WHO says Covid will mutate like the flu and is likely here to stay
Covid-19 could become endemic like the flu and circulate in the population…
Tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants
All viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, change over time….
WHO chief says push to discount lab leak theory was ‘premature’
Tedros says ‘accidents happen’ in labs and calls on China to be…
Lambda: What we know about the latest COVID variant flagged by the WHO
It is still unclear how transmisable or dangerous the Lambda coronavirus variant…
The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No,…
Leading biologist dampens his ‘smoking gun’ Covid lab leak theory
Nobel laureate David Baltimore says he overstated case, and the origins of…
The scientists who say the lab-leak hypothesis for SARS-CoV-2 shouldn’t be ruled out
For many scientists, challenging the idea that SARS-CoV-2 has natural origins is…
Wuhan lab staff had Covid-like symptoms before outbreak disclosed, says report
Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care…
Covid probably emerged from wildlife trade, not a lab, say WHO experts
Pandemics threat must be treated with same seriousness as terrorism, warn experts…
