Researchers start new investigation into Long COVID core outcome set
A group of researchers started this project with the aims of understanding what are the core outcomes for patients living with Long COVID.
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Covid Deaths Reach 4 Million as India Eclipses U.S., U.K.
Vaccine disparity leaves poorer countries exposed to outbreaks
WHO pledges to advance women’s empowerment and health
The commitments focused on ending gender-based violence; advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights; and supporting health workers as well as feminist movements and leadership.
Rife COVID-19 variants fuel Africa’s surging wave
Brazzaville, 1 July 2021 – As COVID-19 case numbers in Africa climb faster than all earlier
WHO certifies China malaria-free
China used to report 30 million cases of the disease annually in the 1940s.
WHO issues first global report on AI in health
Growing use of AI for health presents governments, providers, and communities with opportunities and challenges
One in 100 deaths is by suicide: WHO
WHO guidance to help the world reach the target of reducing
suicide rate by one-third by 2030
New twist in coronavirus origin saga: Now, US, Britain urge WHO to look into ‘complete, original data and samples’ in China
The US diplomatic mission in Geneva issued a statement saying the first phase of the study was ‘insufficient and inconclusive,’ and called for a ‘timely, transparent, evidence-based and expert-led Phase 2 study, including in the People’s Republic of China’.
COVID’s grip keeps world in ‘perilous situation’
Amidst an “unacceptably high plateau” in COVID-19 cases and deaths globally, the UN health agency chief on Monday shone a light on last week’s death toll that totalled almost 90 thousand people and 5.4 mi reported cases
‘Plausible’ link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots, WHO committee says
The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine could possibly cause rare blood clots in some people but further studies are required to confirm the link, experts with the World Health Organizatio (WHO) said on Wednesday.