by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 5, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
“The China CDC analysis showed a predominance of Omicron lineages BA.5.2 and BF.7 among locally acquired infections. BA.5.2 and BF.7 together accounted for 97.5 per cent of all local infections per genomic sequencing.” Geneva: The World Health Organization on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 17, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
“The situation is quite unprecedented, for not only we are seeing more outbreaks, but these outbreaks are larger and more deadly than the ones we have seen in past years,” said Philippe Barboza, WHO Team Lead for Cholera and Epidemic Diarrhoeal Diseases...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 16, 2022 | Facts, Health
”Building on the newly available data, we now have a better and shorter all-oral treatment option for drug-resistant TB. This is a historic change that will be of great benefit to people suffering from drug-resistant TB, easing the burden on health systems and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 13, 2022 | Health, International News, Non-Life
A World Health Organization (WHO) body meets every few months to decide whether the new coronavirus, which emerged three years ago in China’s Wuhan, still represents a “public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)”. Reuters: The head of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 10, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
South Africa, Pakistan and India were among countries that made formal requests during an initial three days of talks, which ended on Wednesday, to try to ensure the process is inclusive. Developing nations are lobbying for fairer access to treatments than they got...
