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WHO has yet again announced Monkeypox as a danger to the world

Outbreak termed 'global health emergency' as 72 countries affected

Concerns rise on the escalating case rates and a short supply of vaccines and treatments

WHO's DG Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says agency was working with the UK on the response

Expert panel report says all available data shows the novel coronavirus probably came from animals

UN health agency cautions about the virus becoming established in non-endemic countries

Global health body says tools to manage outbreak aren't likely to be immediately or widely accessible

Tobacco kills over 8m people annually, with 7m deaths due to direct tobacco use

Experts warn against repeating early missteps of Covid-19 pandemic

Biosecurity experts say Russia's attack raises risk of escape of disease-causing pathogens housed in laboratories

Vaccines also continue to provide similar protection against BA.2 coronavirus variant, says official

Omicron has raised hopes Covid-19 is starting to shift from a pandemic to a manageable endemic illness like flu

Technical team says it would consider a change in vaccination composition to make the shots more effective

Nonetheless, official says the strain poses a threat in countries where populations remain unvaccinated

WHO chief scientist says the variant was successfully evading some immune responses

UN health agency says more data is needed to understand how severity is impacted by vaccination, pre-existing immunity

The WHO says Omicron had spread to 63 countries as of December 9

WHO says it will take several weeks to determine severity of new variant

Soumya Swaminathan says it is impossible to predict if Omicron would become dominant strain

Preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection with this variant as compared to others

WHO says it would take weeks to determine how effective vaccines were against the variant

Countries with high coverage in at-risk populations should prioritise global sharing, says WHO

Over the last three months, the daily average number of cases has fallen by 36%

PAHO report says last week the continent's death and infection figures were the lowest in over a year

It wants to deliver about 1 billion COVID-19 tests to poorer nations

Socialist Web Site lashes out at The Washington Post editorial, terms it ‘an organ of American imperialism’

Top health authority names 26 proposed members of its Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of Novel Pathogens

WHO says it was 'recommending the broad use of the world's first malaria vaccine'

WHO expert notes reuse of syringes continues unchecked

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the world health body will 'try to save Afghanistan from a humanitarian crisis'

The Lancet report concluded that booster doses are not appropriate at this stage despite Delta threat

Pakistan is partnering with international aid agencies to transport essential items to Afghanistan by air and land

Flight took essential supplies in line with Pakistan’s role of making ‘humanitarian air bridge’

If vaccination rates are not raised, stronger variants of the coronavirus could develop, warns Tedros

The gap between vaccinations in wealthy and poor countries widens, amid rapid spread of the Delta variant

Global surge in cases is highlighting the widening gap in inoculation rates between wealthy and poor nations

WHO needs $16.8 billion, almost as much as what has been raised so far, and $7.7 billion is required urgently.

Beijing rushes to prevent highly transmissible strain from taking root by putting 1 million people under lockdown

Delta variant is a warning that virus can mutate again into something even worse, says director Michael Ryan

The WHO proposes a second phase of studies into virus origins, calls for transparency from authorities

If you thought Muhammad Yusuf Khan, alias Dilip Kumar, was the only one, you are wrong!

Rich countries are opening up societies and vaccinating young people who are not at great risk from covid-19

WHO official says new coronavirus variant to dominate globally 'because of its increased transmissibility'

We would like for everyone out there to separate politics of this issue from the science, says Mike Ryan

NIH also confirms seven cases of South African variant in samples collected during first three weeks of this months

Actor calls out mother for constantly reminding her to tie the knot

COVAX aims to get vaccines to at least 20% of populations of more than 90 low and middle-income countries

Coronavirus has killed at least 3,346,813 people worldwide since the virus first emerged in late 2019

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"No Personal Protective Equipment kits were provided to nurses in Sindh"