Bird flu pandemic threat as high as in 1997; focus on wild bird migration routes, say experts

Experts urge investment in developing newer generation vaccines based on mRNA technology 

Prevention better than cure: Why World Bank bats for One Health to combat pandemics

Report finds cost of prevention a third of fighting off pandemic as pace of emerging infectious outbreaks increase

World Health Summit: Global leaders pledge $2.5 billion for polio eradication

2022-2026 strategy to end polio needs $4.8 billion   

How dosage of fever drugs has again highlighted nexus of pharma firms, doctors

No regulation on marketing strategies by drug companies has created a medical autocracy, the Dolo-650 controversy shows

No integration in India’s disease data collection systems: Niti Aayog

White paper highlights several lacunae including shortage of human resources, occupational health, surveillance; suggests series of measures …

COVID-19: A global survey shows worrying signs of vaccine hesitancy

Only 46.3% of Nigerians said they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine. This was slightly higher than the results found in Spain, Sweden, …

COVID-19 holds lessons for South Africa’s universal healthcare plans

The country’s health system will need rehab post-COVID-19 to overcome divisions and build a national health system from the bottom up

The DRC is on the road to being Ebola free: how it got here

At the beginning of March the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced that the last Ebola patient had been discharged from a …

Measles outbreaks show legal challenges of balancing personal rights and public good

Health officials must protect citizens from communicable diseases, but within the legal framework

Africa's non-communicable disease burden likely to worsen without political will

Africa has the resources and support to tackle non-communicable diseases; all it requires is political will to seize the opportunity

Antibiotic resistance: A new dose

How the world is gearing up to fight antibiotic resistance

Learning from COVID-19: Here’s what is needed to prepare for the next global health emergency

A new pandemic may already be on the horizon as highly pathogenic avian influenza is raising growing alarm

Africa Climate Summit 2023: Experts criticise omitting health from main agenda

Point to inextricable link of public health with climate change

Hope is on the horizon for a malaria-free Africa

After decades of intense research, two new malaria vaccines have come to market

Reproductive crisis? Sperm counts dropping rapidly worldwide

Mean sperm count dropped to 49 million/ml from from 104 million/ml in 46 years

Coronavirus update: CNN pegs US tally at 13,000

India tally crosses 200, says ICMR

Coronavirus spreads to France, Australia, Malaysia; India tightens watch at 7 airports

China plans to stop interprovincial road transport to Beijing from January 26

Health must be fast-tracked for 2030

The world needs more and better skilled health workers to attain the SDG targets and continue to foster global health beyond 2030

WHO: Off-track progress in Africa could kill 70,000 cervical cancer patients

26 countries have introduced HPV vaccine, but just 31% girls under 15 received its first dose in 2022 in the African region  

Using sugar substitutes to lose weight could cause harm long-term, warns WHO

Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight; could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults

Why focusing on COVID-19 deaths undercounts health harms of pandemic: Study on India & other countries

Broader effects like mental health deterioration due to the anxiety of getting infected or the isolation of lockdowns have received less research …

Global health spending at record high post COVID-19, but can this be sustained?

India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan received barely 15% of the development assistance for health for COVID-19

Lancet’s new commission aims to tackle potential public health threats for this century

Lancet Commission will look at factors that will impact population health the most through 2050 and beyond

TB battle took a backseat during COVID-19 pandemic; Cases, drug resistance go up, finds WHO

Global spending on essential tuberculosis services decreased from $6 billion in 2019 to $5.4 billion in 2021.

What is immunity debt and why is it causing a spike in swine flu cases

Delhi had 15 patients in August; 1,500 cases & 43 deaths reported from Maharashtra this year