Washington, The U.N. health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn’t meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates pollutants that cause respiratory and blood-flow prob…
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa has registered a total of more than 100,000 Covid deaths, according to official figures released Wednesday, but actual fatalities are believed to be much higher.Data released by the National Institute for Communicable Disease…
The World Health Organization warns the fight against tuberculosis is at a critical juncture. It says the COVID-19 pandemic has reversed gains made since 2000 in saving lives from the infectious disease. For the first time in over a decade, the WHO say…
In the context of the increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths reported mainly from countries in the WHO Regions of Africa, Europe, and the Western Pacific, the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) rec…
WASHINGTON, The United States has given more than 500 million coronavirus vaccines to other countries since the jabs were developed, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. “The United States has now shared over 500 million safe and effe…
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach on Friday said the COVID-19 situation in the nation is serious and urged citizens not to act as though the pandemic was over.Speaking to reporters at a Berlin news conference, Lauterbach described the nation’s COV…
PRETORIA, About 100,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine are at risk of being destroyed by the end of this month due to slow uptake by citizens, South African health authorities said on Friday.South Africa has recorded the most coronavirus infections…
GENEVA, The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a dire toll on mental health, the WHO said Wednesday, indicating that cases of anxiety and depression had swelled by over 25 percent globally.In a fresh scientific brief, the World Health Organization also found …
A study conducted in the United States says Pfizer’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine is less effective at protecting young children than it is for older children and adults.Researchers from New York state’s Department of Health compared data collected from m…
ADDIS ABABA, A total of 10,896,302 COVID-19 cases were reported in Africa as of Saturday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.The specialized healthcare agency of the African Union said the COVID-19 death tol…
UNICEF MENARO PRODUCES BEHAVIORAL INSIGHTS TOOLS TO ENHANCE COVID-19 VACCINATION UPTAKE AMONG WOMEN AND TEACHERSInspired by the ‘Little Jab Book’ which was developed by Common Thread, Busara, and Save the Children, the UNICEF Regional Office for the Mi…
Crushing fatigue. Brain fog. Trouble breathing weeks after contracting COVID-19. Scientists call it post-acute sequelae of COVID-19. Most people just call it “long COVID.”For millions of people, these and other symptoms are keeping them from getting ba…