Africa’s 1st malaria vaccine: Global alliance Gavi announces $160 million support for rollout
International support will facilitate increased vaccine access to children
‘Paxlovid rebound’ cases have experts scrambling for answers
Is it happening because of the antiviral or is this just how the virus behaves?
Monkeypox outbreak brings focus back on smallpox vaccines. But which countries have stock?
Smallpox vaccination was discontinued after smallpox was eradicated in the 1980s
COVID-19: A generation interrupted
Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world
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
Global Diabetes Compact to increase access to testing, treatment: WHO
About half of all adults with type 2 diabetes remain undiagnosed
Coronavirus Update: After 4 mln cases in US Trump calls for putting on masks
Pandemic will worsen, US president thinks after 15 mln cases worldwide
Coronavirus update: Tamil Nadu to lock down Chennai, 3 other districts
ICMR distances itself from study suggesting November peak
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
WHO stresses on universal health coverage at its 71st assembly
The six-day World Health Assembly kicked off in Geneva on Monday
WHO report on polluted cities in India a dire warning: CSE
Of the 5,000 odd cities and towns in India, monitoring is being done in only 307 cities
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
Health Day at upcoming UN climate conference — a first in COP history
Direct damage costs to health is estimated to be between $2-4 billion per year by 2030
37 of 55 countries facing health worker shortages in Africa: WHO
Shortage of health workers in Africa is predicted to reach 6.1 million by 2030
Monkeypox mortality high in Africa where vaccine remains out of reach
Fewer new cases in last 2 weeks but distribution pattern has changed
Monkeypox not public health emergency of international concern yet. Do we need to update our understanding of this label?
Emergency Committee meeting indication enough of how serious the monkeypox outbreak is
Countries agree to sustainably finance WHO amid COVID-19 pandemic
The aim is to reach 50 per cent of WHO’s budget by 2028-2029 if possible
COVID-19: Only 17% of Africans will now be vaccinated by year-end
Africa faces a shortfall of 470 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, says WHO
Children, adolescents who use e-cigarettes twice as likely to smoke conventional ones later: WHO
There is growing evidence that e-cigarettes affects brain development in adolescents
COVID-19: India, 57 other countries demand probe into WHO’s response
Draft resolution tabled for World Health Assembly starting on May 18