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Two new omicron subvariants, BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 could lead to another COVID surge. Here’s what we know so far.
Two new omicron subvariants, BQ.1 and BQ.1.1, are quickly gaining traction in the US, collectively accounting for 27% of infections as of October 29. Both are descendants of BA.5, the (...)
How will long Covid play out over the coming years? Eight experts weigh in The story of long Covid is just beginning, and no one knows how it will play out. Experts from around the world share their insights, questions and fears
The story of long Covid is just beginning, and no one – not even (...)
The impact of long Covid needs urgent action – and there are five key elements to drive the effort forward, writes the WHO director general
Crushing fatigue. Brain fog making straightforward tasks almost impossible. Shortness of breath walking up the stairs.
Just some of the many symptoms (...)
Since health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly as the virus. Social media may have made the amount, variety and speed of misinformation seem unprecedented, but COVID-19 isn’t the first pandemic where false and harmful information has set back (...)
In places around the world that lack restrictions to combat the problem, tobacco companies are using marketing strategies aimed at children, like displaying tobacco products at kids’ eye level.
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The world’s largest multinational tobacco companies are advertising cigarettes to kids (...)
While the majority of monkeypox cases thus far have been recorded among men who have sex with men, everyone is still at risk of contracting the disease.
Monkeypox is caused by a virus that, despite periodic outbreaks, is not thought to spread easily from person to person and historically has (...)
Viruses that cause respiratory diseases like the flu and COVID-19 can lead to mild to severe symptoms within the first few weeks of infection. These symptoms typically resolve within a few more weeks, sometimes with the help of treatment if severe. However, some people go on to experience (...)
Among the mosquito-borne diseases, dengue remains to be a major public health concern.
One smooth operator, SHE has the eyes to see and track you with, an extra nose to better smell you with, the wings to fly, and six strong toned legs. Legs that allow her to stand on water, execute that (...)
The BA.5 subvariant is better able to evade the body’s immune system than previous subvariants. Face masks are still an effective way to help stop the spread of the BA.5 subvariant.
The omicron subvariant known as BA.5 was first detected in South Africa in February 2022 and spread rapidly (...)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency.
The committee of independent advisers who met on Thursday July 21 2022, were split on their decision on whether to call the growing monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of (...)
The monkeypox virus, which is commonly found in West and Central Africa, is now causing many infections in the U.S., Europe and Latin America.
Monkeypox is the latest global public health threat to make headlines. Most people who contract the monkeypox virus experience flu-like symptoms and a (...)
Scientists are investigating whether reservoirs of virus ‘hiding’ in the body are contributing to long Covid
Since the early days of the pandemic it has been clear some people shed genetic material from the virus in their stools for months after catching Covid-19. The findings were initially (...)
Monkeypox has spread to more than 50 countries and will continue to be monitored. Here’s what we know about monkeypox so far and what researchers want to find out.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. This (...)
Recent reports of poliovirus detected in samples from a sewage treatment works in London have rightly generated significant concern among public health agencies and medical staff. The poliovirus detected is what is called vaccine-derived poliovirus – this is not “wild poliovirus”.
There are (...)
Monkeypox has been spreading in humans since as early as 1970. While most monkeypox infections are mild, some can be fatal.
On May 18, 2022, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a single case of monkeypox in a patient who had recently (...)
WASHINGTON, DC — According to Politico EU, a supposed “compromise” has emerged from the “quad” negotiations among the United States, European Union and waiver sponsors India and South Africa around the waiver of World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property rights for COVID-19 products. (...)
In 1993, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared tuberculosis (TB) a global public health emergency. It urged nations to coordinate efforts to avert millions of deaths.
In January 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19, another airborne infectious disease, a public health emergency of (...)
The emergence of omicron, COVID-19’s latest variant, has changed the pandemic landscape. As Paul Hunter explains, it’s made reinfections much more common – and there’s good reason to believe they’re being undercounted. While the general view is that reinfections should be milder, evidence shows that (...)
The pandemic has saved the reputation of some pharmaceutical giants whose track records should not be whitewashed
‘The Covid pandemic has, in some senses, been big pharma’s redemption. But the question of trust isn’t going away.’ A protest for pharmaceutical companies to suspend Covid vaccine (...)
The emergence of the new variant of Covid-19 called Omicron should serve as a wakeup call to rich countries that unless the whole world is given access to vaccines the pandemic is doomed to continue. Instead, the new variant was given as the reason why a key meeting at the World Trade (...)
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