Health

China’s health authorities on Saturday reported almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths in just over a month, the first major death toll released by the government since the loosening of its virus restrictions in early December. China recorded 59,938 COVID-related deaths between December 8, 2022 and January 12 this year, Jiao Yahui, …

A senior health official in the UK has warned that an ongoing crisis in the country’s National Health Service is putting up to 500 lives a week at risk. The President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Adrian Boyle, told the British media that the NHS can’t carry …

The parasite has killed a man who recently came back from Thailand, the health authorities say The first ever case of Naegleria fowleri, often referred to as a ‘brain-eating amoeba’, has been recorded in South Korea, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Monday. The single-celled organism …

Ever since Gerald Muwonge tested positive for HIV eight years ago, keeping his viral load in check has meant carrying around vials of pills for his daily treatment regimen while dodging the stigma this could mean for a man in Uganda. But he hopes that could soon change thanks to …

Antimicrobial resistance increases chances of death, undermines modern medicine, says WHO chief A new World Health Organization report Friday revealed high levels of resistance in bacteria, causing life-threatening bloodstream infections and increasing resistance to treatment in several bacteria causing common infections. The WHO said that for the first time, the …

‘Expected side effects were in-keeping with what can be anticipated from the vaccine in this age group,’ regulator says Britain’s health regulator on Tuesday authorized the use of a Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for infants and children aged six months to 4 years. In a statement, the Medicines and Healthcare products …

The first round of negotiations on a global plastics treaty ended on Friday with a split on whether goals and efforts should be global and mandatory, or voluntary and country-led. According to Press TV, the event, which was first of a planned five sessions of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), was …

Women from deprived backgrounds in the United Kingdom are at higher risk of dying from cancer compared to their counterparts in other European countries and better-off women in Britain, a new World Health Organization (WHO) study finds. According to Press TV, the study by the International Agency for Research on …

The US researchers have created a vaccine based on the same mRNA technology used in the Covid-19 jabs from Moderna and Pfizer. A universal flu vaccine that can protect against all strains of the virus could be available in the next two years, a leading expert has said. Professor John …

Almost 31,500 people were diagnosed with the disease on Wednesday, according to official data China on Wednesday registered its highest number of daily coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic almost three years ago, official data has shown. There were 31,444 new cases of the disease in the country …

The viral disease will reportedly be called “MPOX” to avoid stigmatization, following US pressure The World Health Organization (WHO) will soon announce the redesignation of monkeypox as “MPOX,” Politico has reported, citing anonymous sources. The decision was reportedly taken following pressure from Washington. The renaming of the disease could be …

Bacterial infections are the second leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for one in eight of all deaths in 2019, the first global estimate of their lethality revealed on Tuesday. The massive new study, published in the Lancet journal, looked at deaths from 33 common bacterial pathogens and 11 types of infection …

The southern Chinese metropolis of Guangzhou locked down its largest district Monday as it tries to tamp down a major COVID-19 outbreak, suspending public transit and requiring residents to present a negative test if they want to leave their homes. The outbreak is testing China’s attempt to bring a more …

Drug-resistant ailments kill 35,000 people a year in Europe, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, which called for the responsible use of antibiotics and antivirals to help fight the rising threat. The health impact of the phenomenon is comparable to that of influenza, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS …

The monkeypox outbreak continues to represent a global health emergency, which is the World Health Organization’s highest level of alert, the UN agency’s Emergency Committee said on Tuesday. The WHO label, a “public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)”, is designed to trigger a coordinated international response and could unlock …

Medibank Private Ltd, Australia’s biggest health insurer, said on Wednesday a cyber hack had compromised the data of all of its nearly 4 million customers, as it warned of a A$25 million to A$35 million ($16 million to $22.3 million) hit to first-half earnings. It said on Wednesday that all …

Mexico has reported the first case of the severe H5N1 strain of avian influenza, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Friday. The virus was detected in a wild bird in the Metepec district to the west of the capital Mexico City, the WOAH said, citing information …

The White House said its COVID response is “constrained” by a lack of funding. The White House is urging Americans to get updated COVID-19 vaccine shots this fall specifically targeting prevalent omicron variants. The Biden administration on Thursday released more details on its plan to make the newly approved shots …

Most residents of the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday as mass COVID-19 testing kicked off in much of the city of 18 million people. The lockdown, and the suspension of bus and subway services, came into effect two days after city authorities said …

It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful of countries. There are encouraging signs of a sustained week-on-week decline in the onset of cases in many European countries, including France, Germany, …