Indian regulator clears firm’s drugs linked to Gambia deaths
Samples of Indian cough syrups, linked to the deaths of 66 children in Gambia, complied with government specifications and were not contaminated.
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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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Portable malaria detection tool without blood tests works in 10 seconds
A harmless beam of infrared light on a person’s finger or ear can detect malaria in five to ten seconds, researchers from the.
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WHO recommends renaming Monkeypox as mpox
WHO recommends phasing out Monkeypox and renaming the disease as mpox to avoid any stigma with the nomenclature
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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.
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WHO says 3.5 billion people globally have oral diseases
About 45% of the world’s population, or 3.5 billion people, are suffering from oral diseases, a new study states.
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WHO wants pharma companies to disclose govt deals during world health emergencies
WHO drafts an agreement for pharma companies to disclose contract terms for emergency vaccines
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Drug resistance to malaria on the rise in Africa, WHO says
Antimalarial drug resistance in Africa is a severe cause for concern and parasite resistance to artemisinin medicine has emerged in the Greater Mekong.