The World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that some scientists have said cost lives. The Geneva-based U.N. health agency released
Ophelia examined data from the North American Syringe Exchange Network to see which U.S. states have the most syringe services programs per capita and how Idaho compares.
Iran launched a series of attack drones and missiles toward Israel on Saturday, causing a lot of uncertainty in the Middle East and here at home.
Several cases have been in infants too young to be vaccinated.
Geneva, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) In the past 50 years global immunization has saved 154 million people, equivalent to six lives every minute, and most of them were babies, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported Wednesday. The post Global vaccination saved 154M lives in past 50 years – WHO first appeared on Prensa Latina.
The security analyst looks at the state of play in the war in Ukraine and assesses how much the agreed US money will help.
China, Russia and the US are among the top five countries developing the technology, new figures show
Global warming has made mosquito-borne diseases possible in more countries with unprepared public health systems.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has confirmed the spread of the Sokoto and Zamfara strange disease to Kaduna with a total of 7 deaths.
Finance chiefs say higher taxes for the super-rich are key to battling global inequality and climate crisisBillionaires should pay minimum 2% wealth tax, say G20 ministersWhen the governors of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund convened for the spring meetings last week, it was all about the really big questions. What can the international community do to accelerate decarbonisation and fight climate change? How can highly indebted countries retain fiscal space to invest in...
Illnesses such as dengue and malaria to reach unaffected parts of northern Europe, America, Asia and Australia, conference to hearMosquito-borne diseases are spreading across the globe, and particularly in Europe, due to climate breakdown, an expert has said.The insects spread illnesses such as malaria and dengue fever, the prevalences of which have hugely increased over the past 80 years as global heating has given them the warmer, more humid conditions they thrive in. Continue reading
Nine beavers were found dead in Utah after contracting rabbit fever. Rabbit fever can be contracted by humans and become life-threatening. Roughly 300 people in the US are diagnosed with rabbit fever each year. READ MORE: