Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mpox still a global health crisis: WHO

The World Health Organization said Wednesday that despite a drop-off in cases, it still considers mpox, previously known as monkeypox, an international health emergency.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO: COVID still an emergency but nearing 'inflection' point

The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an "inflexion point" where higher levels of immunity can lower ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO panel debates Covid's emergency status

The World Health Organization's emergency committee on Covid-19 was meeting Friday to discuss whether the pandemic still merits the highest level of global alert.

Health

Biden administration proposes crackdown on scam Medicare ads

The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed a ban on misleading ads for Medicare Advantage plans that have targeted older Americans and, in some cases, convinced them to sign up for plans that don't cover their doctors ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

New initiative takes aim at mental health crisis among refugees

U.S. troops' chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan is something Hogai Nassery has been confronted by long after August 2021, when the last plane took off from Kabul, marking the end of the U.S." longest war. Starting last year, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO emergency panel debates COVID pandemic

The World Health Organization's COVID-19 emergency committee met on Thursday to discuss if the pandemic still warrants the highest level of alarm the UN health agency can sound.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Growing cholera outbreak in Syria infects hundreds, 39 dead

A deadly cholera outbreak in Syria has killed at least 39 people and infected hundreds more this past month, health officials said Wednesday, raising concerns about whether the war-torn country can put a stop to its spread.

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