Tag: World Health Organisation (WHO)

Centre Makes Doctor’s Prescription Mandatory for Purchase of Cough Syrups

Shafaqna India: The government on Monday issued a notification barring over-the-counter sale of…

WHO says Ebola risk high regionally, low worldwide

Shafaqna Health: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday said the risk of…

WHO declares Ebola outbreak in DR Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern

Shafaqna India: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak…

WHO Urges Taliban to Lift Ban on Female Aid Workers After Earthquakes

Shafaqna India: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked Taliban authorities to lift…

WHO Issues Guidelines for Staying Safe During Heatwave

Shafaqna Health: Heat is now the leading cause of weather-related deaths globally, with…

UAE Reports First Case of New Clade 1b Mpox: WHO

Shafaqna Health: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday revealed that the United…

Forgotten but not gone: Covid keeps killing, five years on

Shafaqna Health:Five years since Covid-19 started upending the world, the virus is…

Smartphones’ effect on kids under 10 goes beyond eyes, say doctors

Shafaqna India: Smartphone addiction among children under the age of 10 is…

More than half the world faces high measles risk: WHO

Shafaqna India: More than half the world’s countries will be at high…

Fastest-growing COVID-19 variant raises concerns among global health sector

A new sub-variant of the Omicron strain of coronavirus named "JN.1" has…

Scientists warn ‘Disease X’ pandemic threat may be far deadlier than COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its end, healthcare professionals are bracing for…

India releases 2020 death data ahead of WHO Covid mortality study it objects

India registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than the previous…

India releases 2020 death data ahead of WHO Covid mortality study it objects

India registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than the previous…

No case of MU variant in India, keeping close watch: Centre

The Union government has said that no cases of 'MU' variant of…

Air pollution may reduce life expectancy of Indians by nine years, says study

The study says 480 million people in northern India face the "most…

COVID19: Impact on children and ‘Vaccination hesitation’ becoming a bigger evil than virus

Take the example of Telangana, where health authorities recently stated that 37,332…

Probing Covid origin

Covid-19 has claimed over 37 lakh lives worldwide in the past year…

WHO’s Tedros urges countries and drug makers to get more vaccine to poorer countries

The Covid-19 pandemic is being perpetuated by a "scandalous inequity" in vaccine distribution, the…