The World Health Organization has changed the name of the virus from monkeypox to mpox. This is in response to objections about the racial and stigmatizing terminology used in the naming. For a year, the two terms will coexist before the older one is phased away. The World Health Organization (WHO) has changed the name … Read more
A type of poliovirus derived from vaccines has been detected in London sewage samples. No human cases of polio have been found in Britain, where the disease was eradicated two decades ago. A massive global effort has come close to wiping out polio but not yet. Poliovirus in London Sewage samples. In Britain, where the … Read more
GENEVA – The World Health Organization said Wednesday it had issued an emergency use listing for Covaxin, a vaccine against Covid-19 produced by India’s Bharat Biotech. Found to have 78 percent efficacy after two doses spread over four weeks, the vaccine “is extremely suitable for low- and middle-income countries due to easy storage requirements,” the UN … Read more
WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged United Nations member states to include Taiwan in more UN institutions, despite opposition from China. “Taiwan has not been permitted to contribute to UN efforts,” Blinken said in a statement. “We encourage all UN member states to join us in supporting Taiwan’s robust, meaningful participation … Read more
China is imposing new restrictions to ensure children’s sleep and prevent video game addiction. China’s largest technology company Tencent Holdings Limited has introduced a new face recognition system. Gamers younger than 18 will be prohibited from playing online games for more than 90 minutes on weekdays and will be illegal from playing between 10 pm … Read more
The World Health Organization – WHO chief scientist directed people against mixing and matching COVID-19 inoculations from dissimilar producers, calling it a “dangerous trend” meanwhile there was diminutive data accessible about the health influence. “It’s a little bit of a dangerous trend here. We are in a data-free, evidence-free zone as far as to mix … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a certificate praising healthy cities program that was implemented by Taibah University, in Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, after accreditation of Madinah as a healthy city. Health Minister Tawfig F. Al Rabiah presented the certificate to the Governor of Madinah, Prince Faisal bin Salman. According to the Middle … Read more
World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a mobile application to deliver the latest COVID-19 guidance and updates. Titled WHO COVID-19 Updates, the app provides “trusted” information about the virus from health experts. It though doesn’t offer features including contact tracing that is quite common among the apps released by several governments across the globe. WHO … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has applauded the commitment of federal and provincial governments to efficiently control the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, Dr. Faisal Sultan, the Special Assistant of the Prime minister Imran khan presided over the World health organization (WHO) session from the Eastern Mediterranean region. The project, which visits Pakistan from 14-24 October, … Read more
The Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) has declared the continent free of ‘wild polio’. According to the details, the announcement of the certification of this milestone during the video conference of the World Health Organization (WHO) means that the WHO will eradicate this disease in all 47 countries of the African region which can lead … Read more
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has said that the United States has withdrawn from the WHO. According to the statement, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said in a message on the social networking site Twitter that the United States was not in a position to make unnecessary comments about the cooperation between China and the WHO. … Read more
The death toll due to coronavirus has exceeded 500,000 worldwide. On the other hand, confirmed cases exceeded 10 million toll. According to the data provided by Johns Hopkins University, a total of 10,249,840 People are infected with a contagious respiratory disease called coronavirus. Out of these, 4,187,369 cases are active whereas 6,062,471 cases have been closed. Out … Read more
