by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 23, 2022 | Health, International News, Non-Life
Last week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the recent monkeypox epidemic identified in more than 40 countries, mostly in Europe, as “unusual and concerning.” Monkeypox has sickened people for decades in central and west Africa, where one...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 10, 2022 | Health, International News, Pandemic
In a report released Thursday, WHO’s expert group said key pieces of data are still missing to explain how the pandemic began. The scientists said the group would remain open to any and all scientific evidence that becomes available in the future to allow for...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 24, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
“… the pandemic is far from over. And even as we continue to fight it, we face the task of restoring essential health services, with 90 per cent of member states reporting disruption to one or more essential health services,” WHO Director-General Tedros...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 23, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
While the Covid pandemic is “most certainly not over. We face a formidable convergence of disease, drought, famine and war, fuelled by climate change, inequity and geopolitical rivalry”, Ghebreyesus said Geneva: Even as the world is not over the pandemic yet, it is...
by AIP Online Bureau | May 22, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
The risk to the general public is low at this time, a U.S. public health official told reporters at a briefing on Friday. Monkeypox is a virus that can cause symptoms including fever, aches and presents with a distinctive bumpy rash Global health officials have...
