by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 16, 2023 | Health, International News, Technology
“So on new variants, not only EG.5, we would expect more variants. What’s important is to really, you know, continue to be vigilant. Many countries are not testing enough, and we wouldn’t know whether the virus is changing or not,” said...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 1, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Non-Life
Around 1.3 million people die from second-hand smoke every year. All of these deaths are entirely preventable. People exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are at risk of dying from heart disease, stroke, respiratory diseases, type 2 diabetes and cancers In the last 15...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 26, 2022 | Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
In January, WHO and partners launched the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, focused mainly on the 34 countries that were at or below 10 per cent coverage. All but six are on the continent Today, only 10 countries still have less than 10 per cent coverage, most of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 2, 2022 | Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus “Our ability to track the virus is under threat as reporting and genomic sequences are declining. The optimistic mid-year deadline for all countries to vaccinate at least 70 per cent of their populations is looking...
