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WHO declares EG.5 Coronavirus strain as a ‘variant of interest’

August 10, 2023

Since its emergence, COVID-19 has caused more than 6.9 million deaths globally, with over 768 million confirmed cases The World Health Organization Wednesday...

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Deadly fungus Candida auris spreads unnoticed during the pandemic years

July 18, 2023

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Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in the Annals of Internal Medicine reveals that C. auris spread rapidly in US...

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‘COVID-19 brought realization of scale of NTDs, but also obscured them’

July 12, 2023

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Dr Kishor Wasan is a Co-Director and Co-Founder, Neglected Global Diseases Initiative at the University of British Columbia. He is credited with developing an...

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COVID-19 increased risk of measles outbreaks around the world

July 8, 2023

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The impact of the pandemic on measles vaccination is evident, with over 61 million doses of measles-containing vaccine being postponed or missed because of...

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COVID continues to kill: 8,85,000 new cases 4,900 deaths in 28 days

July 7, 2023

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The European Region had the highest proportion of countries reporting data on new hospitalizations, followed by the South-East Asia Region The World Health...

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Finally, a global strategy to combat Hospital-Associated Infections

May 31, 2023

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The strategy stipulates that by 2030, everyone accessing or providing healthcare is safe from associated infections The World Health Assembly agreed on Monday...

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‘Tuberculosis can affect everybody, as like COVID it’s an airborne disease’

May 29, 2023

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Dr Suvanand Sahu is the Deputy Executive Director of the Stop TB Partnership, a global partnership committed to eliminating Tuberculosis as a public health...

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Tuberculosis emerges as key global health priority at World Health Assembly

May 26, 2023

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Prior to the global health crisis triggered by COVID-19, tuberculosis ranked as the deadliest infectious disease worldwide The Seventy-sixth World Health...

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AI can combat vaccine misinformation

May 15, 2023

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Artificial intelligence can allow for real-time analysis of public attitudes and sentiments from social media and Web platforms, giving an opportunity to track...