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The head of the World Health Organization on Thursday called for increased production of cholera vaccines, highlighting what he called a “critical shortage” around the globe. The UN health agency said 307,433 cases of cholera and 2,326 deaths have been reported in 26 countries up to July 28.
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Sweden on Thursday announced the first case outside Africa of the more dangerous variant of mpox, which the WHO has declared a global public health emergency. The country’s public health agency confirmed to AFP that it was the same strain of the virus that has surged in the Democratic
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The African Union’s health watchdog on Tuesday declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak on the continent, saying the move is a “clarion call for action.” The outbreak has swept through several African countries, particularly the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the virus formerly called monkeypox
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World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday called an “emergency” meeting of international experts amidst growing worries over the mpox virus. With mpox spreading outside of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tedros said the WHO emergency committee would meet “as soon as possible” to advise him on “whether
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How are you feeling? There has been a vibe in BBC HQ that friends, colleagues and family have been having a grottier year than usual – shaking off one cold only to rapidly catch another, rolling from infection to infection. “The reality is we're lacking data and so we
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Patients using Novo Nordisk’s wildly popular weight-loss drug Wegovy and its similar medicines for type 2 diabetes may be at increased risk for a sight-threatening eye condition, according to data from a study published on Wednesday. Wegovy and Novo’s diabetes drugs Ozempic and Rybelsus all contain the same
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Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organization said Thursday, as it urged at-risk populations to keep up with their vaccinations against the disease. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded a warning on declining vaccine coverage. Despite the continued death toll,
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The spread of mpox in Africa needs to be addressed urgently, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as scientists warned separately of a dangerous strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “There is a critical need to address the recent surge in mpox cases in Africa,” Rosamund Lewis, the
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A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has spread to an eighth poultry farm near Melbourne, the government of Australia’s Victoria state said on Tuesday, taking the total number of infected facilities in the country to 10. Australia is dealing with three parallel outbreaks of bird flu, two near
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday issued warnings on falsified semaglutides used in diabetes and weight-loss drugs in light of three altered batches of products detected in Brazil, the UK and the United States. Semaglutide is the active ingredient used in Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic and weight-loss
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The World Health Organization on Tuesday said a case of human infection with bird flu caused by the H9N2 virus was detected in a four-year-old child in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The patient was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) of a local hospital due
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A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza has been found on a fourth poultry farm near Melbourne near two other properties where the virus had already been detected, the government of Australia’s Victoria state said on Wednesday. “Avian influenza virus has been confirmed at a fourth Victorian poultry farm,
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A new vaccine treatment for the deadly skin cancer melanoma has an overall survival rate of 96%, a new study has found. Moderna and their partner Merck and Co announced their cancer vaccine, in combination with blockbuster cancer therapy Keytruda, improved survival and showed durable efficacy. The 157-patient trial showed
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A third person in the US has tested positive for H5 bird flu in connection to an outbreak in dairy cattle, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday. This is the second human case reported in the state. This time, in addition to the eye symptoms seen
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The head of the World Health Organization on Monday voiced confidence that countries would one day reach a deal on a pandemic accord. The World Health Organization (WHO) opened its annual meeting on Monday with government ministers and other top envoys hoping to reinforce global preparedness for the next pandemic.
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AstraZeneca, the pharmaceutical company behind developing Covishield vaccine against COVID-19, admitted for the first time in court documents that its vaccine can cause rare side effects, including fatal blood clots and low platelet count. A lawsuit filed against the company in the UK, which sought damages nearing £100 million for