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WHO Felicitates India For Eliminating Trachoma As Public Health Problem

October 8, 2024 admin

Trachoma, a leading cause of infectious blindness, is a chlamydial infection. New Delhi: India was on Tuesday felicitated by the World Health Organisation for the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, making it the third country in the region after Nepal and Myanmar to achieve this feat. The WHO also felicitated Bhutan for…

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After Covid, How Are Scientists Prepping For Potential Pandemic “Disease X”

September 27, 2024 admin

Before the COVID pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) had made a list of priority infectious diseases. These were felt to pose a threat to international public health, but where research was still needed to improve their surveillance and diagnosis. In 2018, “disease X” was included, which signified that a pathogen previously not on our…

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Deadly Mpox Outbreak Strikes US Prison, Infecting Multiple Inmates

September 4, 2024 admin

The WHO reported nearly 103,000 confirmed cases worldwide. The World Health Organisation declared the last mpox global emergency over in May 2023. And just over a year later, here we are again. Since the start of 2024, a deadlier, more transmissible strain of the virus has killed over 600 people. New cases have recently appeared…

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Mobile Phones And Brain Cancer Are Not Linked, Says WHO-Led Study

September 3, 2024 admin

The final analysis included 63 studies from 1994-2022. There is no link between mobile phone use and increased brain cancer risk, according to a new World Health Organization-commissioned review of the available published evidence worldwide. Despite the huge rise in the use of wireless technology, there has not been a corresponding rise in the incidence…

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Accelerate safety measures to reduce road traffic deaths: WHO

September 2, 2024 admin

Unlike high-income countries, where road safety measures often focus on car occupants, low and middle-income countries need to prioritise the safety of vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and riders of two and three-wheelers who are disproportionately at higher risk. | Photo Credit: ANI The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries in…

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Health official says polio vaccine campaign begins in war-torn Gaza

September 1, 2024 admin

A health official said a polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Saturday (August 31, 2024), while an aid worker said a large-scale rollout would begin on Sunday (September 1, 2024), coinciding with a “humanitarian pause” agreed by Israel and Hamas. The vaccination drive was announced after Gaza recorded its first polio case in a…

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Man Dies In Spain After Contracting ‘Ebola-Like Disease’ From Tick Bite

July 29, 2024 admin

The disease has currently no vaccine available A man in Spain died after contracting a lethal ‘bleeding eyes’ disease called Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), a deadly viral disease with a fatality rate of up to 40%. According to Metro, the 74-year-old died on Saturday after being hospitalised near Madrid. The man, whose identity has not been revealed, was admitted…

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Covid Still Kills 1,700 A Week Around World: WHO

July 11, 2024 admin

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded a warning on declining vaccine coverage. Geneva: Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organization said Thursday, as it urged at-risk populations to keep up with their vaccinations against the disease. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded a warning on declining…

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Short-Term Exposure To Air Pollution Kills 33,000 Indians Annually: Report

July 4, 2024 admin

Delhi recorded the highest number of air pollution-related deaths in the study period (Representational) New Delhi: Nearly 33,000 deaths in 10 cities in India every year can be attributed to air pollution levels that are below India’s national clean air threshold. The report has been published in Lancet Planetary Health. India’s clean air norms are…

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Short-Term Exposure To Air Pollution Kills 33,000 Indians Annually: Report

July 4, 2024 admin

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