WHO meeting in January to end Covid-19 tag as a global health emergency
The criteria for ending Covid-19's tag as a global health emergency will come up at a WHO's committee meeting next month, director-general Tedros.
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Long Covid led to 3,544 deaths in the US, says CDC
Nearly 3500 people died of Long Covid in the US in the 2 and 1/2 years of the Pandemic, says CDC
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40 million children miss measles dose due to Covid, experts worry about resurgence
40 million children missed measles vaccination, which is bound to result in resurgence and deaths.
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Depression rose threefold among US citizens at start of Covid-19 pandemic
Depression among US citizens has registered a threefold rise due to a sudden economic fallout at the start of Covid-19 pandemic, according.
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Cambridge scientists develop repurposed liver drug to combat Covid-19
An off-patent drug used to treat lung disease has been identified by scientists at the University of Cambridge as a potential medicine to fight the.
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Pfizer to invest $1.26 billion in Belgium plant in European expansion plan
Pfizer Inc. plans to invest 1.2 billion euros (($1.26 billion) in its plant in Belgium over the next three years to expand in.
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India’s drug regulator gives nod for world’s first nasal Covid-19 vaccine
India’s drug regulator, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, has given its nod for the restricted use of the world’s first intra-nasal vaccine.
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Slowing global economies put post-pandemic recovery at risk: ILO
A slowdown in economic growth and a severe inflationary crisis has affected global pay packets and is putting the post-pandemic recovery at risk,.
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Covid-19 disrupts measles dose plan of 40 million children
Forty million children in 2021 have missed their measles vaccination since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak, which disrupted the dose schedules, according.
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WHO sets up team to hunt down ‘Disease X’
The WHO is preparing for an unknown “Disease X” epidemic by convening more than 300 global scientists to draw evidence from more than.