Cholera killed 4,000 people last year, current global risk of disease ‘high’
Cholera cases rose 13% and deaths by 71% in 2023 compared to a year earlier as a shortage of oral vaccines continues and.
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WHO issues first-ever guidelines on manufacture of antibiotics
The World Health Organization has come out with its first-ever guidelines for the manufacturing of antibiotics in a bid to stop environmental emissions and.
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Novavax’s vaccine targeting JN.1 strain of Covid-19 virus gets FDA approval
The US Food and Drug Administration cleared Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine, targeting the JN.1 strain, for people 12 years of age and older, according.
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UNICEF issues emergency tender to purchase mpox vaccines
United Nations Children’s Fund, the world's largest single vaccine buyer, has issued an emergency tender to buy mpox vaccines to fight the rapid.
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US smokers need photo ID to prove new age limit set by the FDA
The US drug regulator raised the age limit of people who want to buy tobacco products by three years to 30, and retailers.
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Global health body appeals for $87.4 million to contain mpox spread
The World Health Organization has appealed for $87.4 million over the next six months to stop and contain the current global outbreak of.
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Gabon reports first case of mpox, Burundi worst-hit in African continent
A 30-year-old male, who stayed for two weeks in Uganda, has tested positive for mpox in the Central African nation of Gabon, the.
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New mpox virus strain, sexual contact, behind a surge in cases: WHO
A new strain of monkeypox virus named as MPXV clade Ib, which originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo recently, is behind.
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Covid-19 vaccines saved 1.6 million lives in Europe, most in Omicron wave
Vaccinations have saved more than 1.6 million lives in the WHO European Region and Covid-19 is lurking around the world menacingly with its.
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WHO: 40 athletes participating in Olympic Games test Covid-19 positive
The WHO’s event-based surveillance system has reported that at least 40 athletes participating in the Olympic Games in France had tested positive for.