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Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs and kills more children than any other infectious disease. Every day at least one child dies from pneumonia every 43 seconds, according to UNICEF.
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Opinion: Steps for prevention, spread, and monitoring pneumonia

By K. Leelamoni November 5, 2023: Outbreaks of pneumonia affecting children in parts of northern China, the US,  the Netherlands, and Denmark are higher than.

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A clutch of 41 multilateral development banks, funders, countries and philanthropies announced a global funding plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to protect people from climate risks to health.
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COP28: Funding pathway to cut emissions, protect people from risks

HQ Team November 2, 2023: A clutch of 41 multilateral development banks, funders, countries and philanthropies announced a global funding plan to cut.

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Mosquitoes by the evening. Image Credit: Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash
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WHO global malaria strategy ‘off track by a wide margin’

HQ Team November 30, 2023: The Covid-19 pandemic significantly disrupted malaria services, leading to a surge in both incidence and mortality rates, exacerbating.

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The WHO has reclassified the Covid-19 virus Omicron BA.2.86 mutation as a “variant of interest” after the global health agency reported an 8.9% rise in global prevalence in cases arising in the UK, France and Sweden.
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Omicron mutant BA.2.86 reclassified as ‘variant of interest’ by WHO 

HQ Team November 29, 2023: The WHO has reclassified the Covid-19 virus Omicron BA.2.86 mutation as a “variant of interest” after the global.

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The USFDA has officially pulled out of its membership of the Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP), an organization currently chaired by China for the standardization of medical devices, due to a divergence of views.
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FDA pulls out of 33-member medical devices body as differences emerge

HQ Team November 28, 2023: The USFDA has officially pulled out of its membership of the Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP), an organization.

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The World Health Organisation is monitoring an increase in children’s illness caused by pathogens, including acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, in northern China.
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WHO keeping an eye on a surge of respiratory illness in northern China

The World Health Organization is monitoring an increase in children’s illness caused by pathogens, including acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, in northern China.

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Micron Biomedical, a US Atlanta-based medical device company, announced a $23.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund its production of needle-free vaccines.
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Micron gets $23.6m Gates Foundation grant to make needle-free vaccines

HQ Team November 20, 2023: Micron Biomedical, a US Atlanta-based medical device company, announced a $23.6 million grant from the Bill & Melinda.

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A plan to create a safe zone at Gaza’s Al-Mawasi is a “recipe for disaster” and the WHO will not be a partner in establishing such a zone which is attempting to cram people in a small area devoid of infrastructure and services, the global health agency’s chief said.
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WHO rejects setting up ‘safe zone’ in Gaza, says ‘broad agreement’ needed

HQ Team November 18, 2023: A plan to create a safe zone at Gaza’s Al-Mawasi is a “recipe for disaster” and the WHO.

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One in four older people experience social isolation, and one in six adolescents is socially isolated and lonely, “though this is likely an under-estimate,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General said.
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One in 4 elderly, one in 6 adolescents experience social isolation: WHO chief

HQ Team November 16, 2023: One in four older people experience social isolation, and one in six adolescents is socially isolated and lonely,.

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Type 2 diabetic patients, especially African Americans and people with low income, are at a 47% increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC), researchers said.
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Type 2 diabetics 47% more prone to develop colorectal cancer: Researchers

HQ Team November 15, 2023: Type 2 diabetic patients, especially African Americans and people with low income, are at a 47% increased risk.

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