WHO lists only one strain of COVID-19 that emerged in India as a variant of concern
WHO had declared a total of three strains found in India variants of concern
COVID-19: Medical experts, civil society slam Trump’s move to cut WHO funding
Whatever the UN body’s faults, now not the time for such an action, they say
COVID-19 cases in Africa double in just four days
A host of factors could imperil millions of lives on the continent, warns WHO
Coronavirus: Older cousin MERS killed as recent as December
Years of research on SARS, MERS diseases have not helped much in dealing with COVID-19
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Looking at the microbe’s rebellion
As antibiotics become ineffective, disease causing microbes are on a rampage
Kala-azar 2.0
Complications and new disease connections are holding back eradication
FAO and WHO joint body contradicts IARC’s finding on chemicals posing carcinogenic risk
WHO-FAO joint meeting finds some insecticides unlikely to pose carcinogenic risks
Who fares best and worst on road safety across the world
In almost 4 decades, 400 US veternarians killed themselves, says study
It also reveals that veternarians are up to 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than the general population with different occupations
Acquired shortage: India’s HIV drugs are in short supply, which could have been averted
This risks undoing India’s hard-won gains against HIV/AIDS and further derails the global progress, which is not on track to meet the goal …
WHO report on origin of novel coronavirus: Here’s what happens next
The key focus of next stage of investigations is looking at what happened before people realised there was a clinical problem in December 2019, …
Two-thirds of poor countries slashed education budget due to COVID-19: World Bank, UNESCO
Cuts can last for a long time as the pandemic continues to cause economic losses and make fiscal positions worse, warns report
Run-up to pandemic treaty: WHO’s 10 proposals call for high-level council, changes to health regulations
Observers had earlier criticised the absence of independent monitoring for ensuring compliance with the pandemic accord
Big push for One Health: FAO, UNEP, WHO, Animal health body lay out plan
Framework will integrate systems and capacity to collectively better prevent, predict, detect and respond to health threats
Air pollution kills 7 million people annually: WHO
Up to one-third of deaths from heart attack, stroke, lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases are caused by air pollution, says World Health …
‘Gamers with pathological patterns can now be diagnosed and treated’
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, associate professor of psychiatry at AIIMS, says WHO’s move to call gaming disorder a mental health condition a …
India is committed to achieving universal health coverage, says Nadda
At the 71st World Health Assembly, the Union minister spoke about India’s efforts to provide more people with access to health services
First ever case of H7N4 afflicting a human being reported in China
The virus, identified by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, is of avian origin
Global vaccination rates are stagnant: Report
Conflict, inequality and complacency caused the stagnation and affected the poorest, most marginalised, those touched by conflict or forced from …
Why colistin should be banned in food-animal production sector in India
Action against the drug, used as a growth promoter in food animals, is imperative to curb antimicrobial resistance in humans
HPV vaccines effective in reducing infections, precancerous warts: WHO
Widespread vaccination programmes can help achieve WHO's global call to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health problem
Chewing tobacco products: Storehouse of toxic chemicals
Indian scientists have prepared a database of toxic substances found in different chewing tobacco products sold not only in India and South Asia …
World Malaria Day: New coordinated effort for malaria research unveiled
The Malaria Elimination Research Alliance India will bring together various stakeholders on a single platform to identify and prioritise research …
Influenza pandemic is unpredictable and inevitable: WHO
Given increased economic globalisation, urbanisation and mobility, the next pandemic will spread further and faster, says new report
WHO’s urgent call: World needs new antimicrobial resistance vaccines
Urges equitable and global access to existing vaccines as well