Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Congo fever outbreak kills one in Namibia

A man in Namibia has died of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, prompting the country to declare an outbreak of the viral tick-borne disease, the government said on Wednesday.

Pediatrics

India, Pakistan fight child vaccination backslide

India and other South Asian countries must deal with a dangerous backslide in routine infant vaccinations during 2019–2021 brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions imposed to counter its spread, say UNICEF officials.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO: COVID-19 cases rise for the 5th week, deaths stable

The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide rose for the fifth week in a row while the number of deaths remained relatively stable, the World Health Organization reported Thursday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Medicines agency says EU is seeing 'new wave' of COVID-19

A senior official at the European Union medicines agency said Thursday that many nations in the bloc are seeing a new wave of COVID-19, driven by highly-transmissible mutations of the omicron variant.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

South Korea reports first imported case of monkeypox

South Korea reported its first imported cases of monkeypox Wednesday, becoming the latest of some 40 countries—and the first in East Asia—to have identified the disease.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO: COVID-19 deaths rise, reversing a 5-week decline

After five weeks of declining coronavirus deaths, the number of fatalities reported globally increased by 4% last week, according to the World Health Organization.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New COVID infections in Hong Kong reach record high

Hong Kong's "zero-COVID" policy was on the ropes Saturday as authorities announced a record number of new infections, sending officials scrambling to ramp up testing capacity and warning that a tightening of virus-control ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO: Record weekly COVID cases last week but deaths stable

The World Health Organization said there were 21 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week, the highest weekly number of COVID-19 cases recorded since the pandemic began. The number of deaths was largely unchanged, ...

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