Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from WHO

Where did monkeypox come from?

As of 21 July 2022, there are 2,208 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the UK

The Independent UK

On Ghana's roads in 2022: safety has improved but private vehicles are still a menace

Africa is the globe’s least motorised region, accounting for just 2% of the world’s vehicles. Yet it records the highest rate of road deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) pegs the rate in Africa at 26.6 deaths per 100,000 people. South East Asia’s, the second highest rate in the world,…

The Conversation

What is ‘Centaurus’? Fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK as cases soar

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

New Covid variants: How many strains are in circulation and on the rise around the world?

Omicron sub-variants driving up coronavirus cases in UK and being monitored closely

The Independent UK

Child dies of Marburg virus in Ebola-like disease outbreak with symptoms shared

Three people have now died from the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Ghana - which has never experienced an outbreak before - with hundreds now quarantined with the killer disease

Daily Mirror

Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana

A child who contracted the highly infectious Ebola-like Marburg virus in Ghana has died, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Mo Ostin, US record exec who signed Jimi Hendrix and the Kinks, dies aged 95

Headhunted by Frank Sinatra, the head of Warner/Reprise oversaw classic releases by the likes of Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac and Prince

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Monkeypox in Australia: should you be worried? And who can get the vaccine?

On July 23, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took the unprecedented step and declared the monkeypox outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern” – the highest global alert level for a disease outbreak.

The Conversation

Critics say 'monkeypox' is a racist name. But it's not going away anytime soon

Scientists call the name "discriminatory and stigmatizing." The World Health Organization agrees. But no progress has been made on finding a new name. And some say the name doesn't need changing.

WEKU

Paris monkeypox vaccine rollout gains momentum

Despite a shortage of healthcare professionals to administer shots, a monkeypox vaccination campaign is gaining momentum in the Paris region, which has been the epicentre of France's outbreak. France has the fifth-highest number of monkeypox cases worldwide – nearly 2,000, the national health authorities said on Friday.

France 24

Africa Excluded from Monkeypox Vaccine Distribution Race

WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office Ahmed al-Mandhari has repeatedly stated that “no one is safe until everyone is safe.” This statement, which he was keen to mention in many press conferences held by the regional office since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, underscores the importance…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Global monkeypox vaccine race sparks fears that poorer nations will lose out

World Health Organization calls for worldwide equity as case numbers grow and countries compete for 16.4 million doses

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: To stem the spread of monkeypox, health departments tap into networks of those most at risk

On July 23, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. It was a contentious decision, with the WHO’s director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, making the final call and overruling the WHO’s emergency committee. The advisory committee’s disagreements mirrored debates that have been unfolding among…

Tribune News Service

You’re all alive because of PM Modi: Bihar Minister asserts in viral video

‘We were saved by PM Modi’s vaccine and his deft handling of the economy’

The Hindu

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

Monkeypox virus spread can be curtailed with right strategies in right groups: WHO official

Dr. Poonam Singh said monkeypox is self-limiting, mortality has remained low, and the cases concentrated mostly among men who have sex with men

The Hindu

Monkeypox | Centre forms task force to monitor virus situation

Centre’s move to form a task force comes days after a Kerala youth died of monkeypox-like symptoms

The Independent UK

What is ‘Centaurus’? Fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

The Times of India

Sex determination: Punish those who seek MTP

By:Dr Ashwini Kumar Setya

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Inside the super-secure laboratory trying to stop the world's next pandemic

Spiez Laboratory in Switzerland is the first super secure facility tasked by the World Health Organisation to store deadly pathogens such as Covid in a bid to fight future outbreaks

Dynamite News

World Breastfeeding Week 2022: Shedding light on importance, benefits, and history

World Breastfeeding Week is annually celebrated from August 1 to 7 to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. Read more on Dynamite News:

Radio France Internationale

Despite deaths, Africa left to fight monkeypox without vaccine

The vast majority of deaths due to monkeypox have been registered on the African continent. Africa remains the only part of the world with no doses of the vaccine, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Daily Record

First monkeypox deaths recorded in Europe - symptoms, at-risk groups and how to get vaccine

Spain has logged two deaths since Friday, believed to be the first confirmed fatalities from monkeypox in Europe.

Reuters

Inside the super-secure Swiss lab trying to stop the next pandemic

The setting is straight from a spy thriller: Crystal waters below, snow-capped Swiss Alps above and in between, a super-secure facility researching the world's deadliest pathogens.

Tribune News Service

Brazil, Spain report first deaths from monkeypox

Brazil on Friday reported the first known monkeypox-related death outside Africa in the latest outbreak of the disease. Two other fatalities have since been reported in Spain.

ABC News

Israel was a world leader in combatting COVID-19 with vaccines, now they're getting ready for monkeypox

Israel has recorded fewer than 200 cases of monkeypox but the country learned from COVID-19 that moving quickly can make or break a country's response to an infectious disease.

1 … 154 155 156 157

People

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

World Health Organization

882 stories

World Health Organisation

262 stories

Public Health Scotland

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.