The World Health Organization (WHO) has shelved the second phase of scientific research into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic due to the difficulties of doing work in China. Researchers are disappointed that the investigation has not progressed despite understanding how the first humans were infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. It’s also important to prevent […]
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WHO warns there could be more than 20,000 earthquake victims
In the northwestern province of Idlib, the last opposition stronghold, and in other parts of neighboring Aleppo outside Damascus’s control, at least 700 people have been killed and some 2,000 injured, according to the White Helmets rescue group. These opposition areas, bordering Turkey, are closer to the epicenter, so there is less opportunity to coordinate […]
Covid, the WHO alarm: the Kraken variant will increase cases
Covid, the Kraken variant will increase the number of Covid cases in the world. The alarm comes directly from the World Health Organization The XBB.1.5 variant, nicknamed “Kraken” on social networks, “based on its genetic characteristics and initial estimates of the growth rate, may contribute to the increased incidence of cases » Covid « globally.” […]
The pandemic and wars have contributed to an increase in tuberculosis deaths
The figure makes tuberculosis the second deadliest infectious disease in the world, after 3.5 million deaths from covid last year, although it could again become the first as the number of deaths from the coronavirus has fallen to just over a million in the first 10 months of 2022. According to the WHO annual report […]
WHO predicts increase in hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19 in cold climates
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus © Ludovic Marin/AFP Author: Lusa The World Health Organization (WHO) admitted on Wednesday that an increase in hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19 is expected after the summer, when the weather turns colder. “As colder weather approaches in the Northern Hemisphere, it is reasonable to expect an increase in hospitalizations […]
Monkey pox. WHO urges homosexuals to have fewer sexual partners
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General © Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Author: Artur Carvalho and Rui Oliveira Costa The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday urged gay men to reduce the number of sexual partners and avoid new relationships to contain the spread of monkeypox. “For men who have sex with men, they should for now reduce […]
Healthy life expectancy in Africa has grown ten years in the last decade
In 2000, healthy life expectancy in Africa was 46 years. © Akintunde Akinleye/EPA Author: Lusa Healthy life expectancy in Africa has grown ten years in the past decade, outpacing the global average and progress in any other region over that period, the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa office announced on Thursday. Healthy life expectancy in […]
Monkeypox cases confirmed in Ecuador rise to six
confirmed cases of monkey pox in Ecuador They rose to 6 this Tuesday, according to the health ministry in a statement ruling out the death of one of those infected. The latest case was discovered in the port city guayaquil, coastal capital of Guayas province. This is an adult male who recently arrived from Europe […]
Monkeypox: WHO recommends vaccinating people with multiple sexual partners
Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director General of the WHO © Marcial Trezzini/EPA Author: Rui Tukayana with Catia Carmo The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that people with multiple sexual partners get vaccinated against monkeypox. Previously, Tedros Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, had said the vaccine was recommended for anyone designated as being at high risk of exposure, […]
WHO declares international emergency over monkey pox outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) this Saturday declared an international emergency over the current monkeypox outbreak, after more than 16,000 cases (five of them fatal) have been declared in 75 countries, many in Europe, where the disease was not endemic. The decision was announced at a press conference by the WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom […]