In findings that offer compelling evidence of the power of childhood vaccines, a new government report shows the routine shots have prevented hundreds of millions of illnesses, tens of millions of hospitalizations and more ...
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The first malaria vaccine approved by the World Health Organization—known as RTS,S—was a big step forward in the fight against the disease. While the vaccine protects young children, it is moderate and wears off approximately ...
Aug 8, 2024
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Two years after a global outbreak, fears are rife that a new strain of mpox—previously known as monkeypox—identified in DR Congo and now also in several neighboring countries could further spread.
Aug 7, 2024
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should cut its ties with Coca-Cola in the best interests of athletes, spectators, and the planet, urge Trish Cotter and Sandra Mullin of the international public health organization ...
Aug 6, 2024
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Researchers from the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have discovered a new clade (or type) ...
Aug 5, 2024
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Uganda has detected its first two cases of mpox (monkeypox), the health ministry said on Saturday, a day after the Africa Union allocated $10.4 million in funding to combat the outbreak.
Aug 4, 2024
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Tuberculosis is the world's top infectious killer. About 10 million people fall ill with the disease every year, and roughly 1.5 million people die because of it, according to the World Health Organization. Additionally, ...
Aug 2, 2024
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Kenya has detected its first case of mpox, the health ministry said Wednesday, as the regional East African bloc urged caution in the face of an outbreak.
Jul 31, 2024
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The World Health Organization announced Monday a new project to accelerate the development in poorer countries of vaccines for human bird flu infections using cutting-edge messenger RNA technology.
Jul 29, 2024
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Burundi has detected its first three cases of mpox, the health ministry announced Thursday, raising fears that a new, deadlier strain of the virus had crossed the border.
Jul 25, 2024
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, and headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health Organization, which had been an agency of the League of Nations.
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