Viral Diseases: Dengue, Zika, And Chikungunya Cases May Rise Due To El Nino, Says WHO
WHO is preparing for the very high probability that 2023 and 2024 will be marked by an El Nino event, which could increase transmission of dengue, Zika and chikungunya, says WHO’s Director-General.
Jun 23, 2023, 15:30 PM IST
World Health Organisation Says Covid-19 No Longer A Global Health Emergency
Lifting it is a sign of the progress the world has made in these areas, but Covid-19 is here to stay, the WHO warned.
May 05, 2023, 19:14 PM IST
Covid has not forgotten us, deaths up by 35%: WHO warns about high risk of transmission in coming days
"Learning to live with COVID19 does not mean we pretend it’s not there. It means we use the tools we have to protect ourselves, and protect others," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Aug 18, 2022, 08:34 AM IST
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever case reported in Spain - Know all about tick-borne viral disease here
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCFH) is a viral haemorrhagic fever usually transmitted by ticks. It can also be contracted through contact with viraemic animal tissues during and immediately post-slaughter of animals.
Jul 29, 2022, 13:30 PM IST
World Health Organization declares Marburg Virus outbreak in Ghana, two cases confIrmed - All you need to know
Marburg Virus Outbreak The first case was a 26-year-old male who checked into a hospital on June 26 and died on June 27. The second was a 51-year-old male who went to the hospital on June 28 and died the same day, WHO said.
Jul 18, 2022, 14:40 PM IST
Marburg virus: WHO on alert as Ghana reports 2 suspected cases Ebola-like virus
Marburg is potentially very harmful and deadly: Case fatality rates in past outbreaks have ranged from 24% to 88%.
Jul 08, 2022, 23:41 PM IST
Monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency now? WHO is considering it - Details here
Declaring monkeypox to be a global emergency would mean the WHO considers the monkeypox virus outbreak to be an “extraordinary event” and that the disease is at risk of spreading across even more borders, possibly requiring a global response.
Jun 24, 2022, 07:45 AM IST
COVID-19 vaccines prevented over 42 lakh deaths in India in 2021: Lancet study
"For India, we estimate that 42,10,000 deaths were prevented by vaccination in this period. This is our central estimate, with the uncertainty in this estimate ranging between 36,65,000-43,70,000," lead author of the study, Oliver Watson from the Imperial College London said.
Jun 24, 2022, 06:30 AM IST
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 World Health Organisation, reports IANS.
Jun 17, 2022, 18:24 PM IST
Monkeypox outbreak: WHO lists 5 preventive measures to stop human-to-human transmission - Details here
After a total of 780 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox have been reported or identified in 27 countries, WHO shared five key measures to stop the human-to-human transmission of monkeypox disease.
Jun 06, 2022, 12:53 PM IST
Monkeypox cases cross 100 in Europe, WHO calls emergency meeting
Monkeypox usually spreads through close contact and had rarely spread outside Africa until recently.
May 21, 2022, 06:34 AM IST
1 dead from mystery strain of severe hepatitis among children: WHO
The cases are more unusual still because they are not linked to any of the five typical strains of the virus, hepatitis A, B, C, D and E, reports IANS.
Apr 24, 2022, 20:59 PM IST
UP govt has been successful in 'eradicating' encephalitis: Yogi Adityanath
Adityanath said Uttar Pradesh holds the 'record' for setting up the maximum number of medical colleges in the last five years.
Apr 02, 2022, 17:02 PM IST
New Covid-19 deaths fell by 17% globally last week, but surge in daily cases: WHO
WHO said in its weekly report on the pandemic that there were more than 11 million new COVID-19 infections last week - about an 8% rise.
Mar 16, 2022, 17:05 PM IST
Omicron sub-variant BA.2 more contagious, evades vaccine protection: Study
The researchers found that people who received a booster were even less likely to transmit the virus than people who were fully vaccinated, the report said.
Feb 01, 2022, 13:17 PM IST
WHO website shows Jammu and Kashmir as part of China, Pakistan: TMC Rajya Sabha MP writes to PM Modi
Santanu Sen also stated that the portion of Arunachal Pradesh was also demarcated differently.
Jan 31, 2022, 10:06 AM IST
Covid-19 health emergency could be over in 2022? Here's what WHO has to say
WHO said that if Covid-19 vaccines and other tools aren't shared fairly, the tragedy of the virus would continue.
Jan 19, 2022, 09:19 AM IST
Delta variant still responsible for 99% of Covid cases globally: WHO
The new Covid variant--Omicron--is making the world worried about its possible impacts.
Nov 29, 2021, 14:26 PM IST
Shortage of 2 billion COVID vaccine syringes in 2022: WHO
The World Health Organisation has warned that there could be shortfall of up to two billion syringes in 2022.
Nov 12, 2021, 17:46 PM IST
COVID19: Biological E gets nod for phase 2/3 clinical trial for vaccine on children
Biological E has received approval for conducting phase II/III human clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate Corbevax on children above five years and adolescents.
Sep 03, 2021, 16:33 PM IST
