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Experts say no need to panic as monkeypox less contagious, rarely fatal
With the WHO declaring monkeypox a global public health emergency of international concern and India reporting four cases of the disease, experts on Sunday said there is no need to panic
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Heatwave in Europe underscores need for action to fight climate change: WHO
As the Europe reels from the effects of a prolonged heatwave responsible for a series of ferocious wildfires regional governments have been urged by WHO to implement the Paris climate agreement
WHO reconvenes emergency committee meeting as Monkeypox cases exceed 14,000
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reconvened the Monkeypox Emergency Committee to assess the public health implications of the evolving multi-country outbreak
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Huge funding announced to roll-out first malaria vaccine in Africa: WHO
WHO welcomed the announcement by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of international support worth nearly USD 160 million for the next 3 years to facilitate increased vaccine access to children
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25 million children missed out on one or more doses of DTP vaccines: UN
Data by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF recorded the largest sustained decline in global childhood vaccinations in approximately 30 years
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No need to panic over monkeypox, have taken steps to curb it: Kerala govt
3,413 cases reported till June-end across the world, with only one death
Testing continues to remain a challenge for monkeypox virus, says WHO
Testing continues to be a challenge for the monkeypox virus that has infected more than 6,000 people in 58 countries, both endemic and non-endemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said
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New Covid Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 detected in countries like India: WHO
In Europe and America, BA.4 and BA.5 are driving waves. In countries like India a new sub-lineage of BA.2.75 has also been detected, which we're following: WHO
Oxford University shifts focus to health threat triggering future pandemics
Oxford said the organization will seek to learn from the response to Covid and take advantage of the university's research and global partnerships
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Monkeypox cases triple in Europe: WHO; Africa calls for sharing supplies
WHO's Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the last two weeks and urged countries to do more to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched
WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency
Declaring monkeypox to be a global emergency would mean the U.N. health agency considers the outbreak to be an extraordinary event and that the disease is at risk of spreading across even more borders
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Covid-19 cases rise in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe: WHO report
The number of new Covid cases rose in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe last week, while the number of deaths globally dropped by 16 per cent, according to WHO's latest weekly pandemic report
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Integrate yoga into community based well-being initiatives, says WHO
The UN agency's Regional Director for South-East Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh said regular yoga practice can help people of all ages and incomes achieve adequate physical activity
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42 countries reported 2,103 cases of monkeypox since January: WHO
Of these cases, a whopping 99 per cent are reported in men, and "most self-identify as men who have sex with other men", the UN agency said
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1 in 8 people globally live with mental disorder: WHO
About one in eight people in the world live with a mental disorder, said the WHO in a landmark report released on Friday calling for urgent action on transforming mental healthcare
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Monkeypox cases continue to rise in US, total infection tally at 72: Report
Monkeypox cases in the US continued to climb, reaching 72, according to the latest data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
WHO to share vaccines to stop monkeypox outbreak amid inequity fears
The move could result in the U.N. health agency distributing scarce vaccine doses to rich countries that can otherwise afford them.
WHO yet to decide whether monkeypox represents public health emergency
"The global outbreak of monkeypox is clearly unusual and concerning," WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing here, Xinhua news agency reported
WHO set to decide next week if monkeypox represents health emergency
There have been 1,600 confirmed and 1,500 suspected cases of monkeypox this year and 72 deaths, WHO said, in 39 countries
Covid origins unclear but laboratory leak theory needs study: WHO
It noted that since lab accidents in the past have triggered some outbreaks, the highly politicised theory could not be discounted.