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The World Health Organisation said Saturday it considered everyone on board a cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak as “high-risk” contacts who should be actively monitored for 42 days. There are nearly 150 people on board the MV Hondius at the centre of the outbreak that has killed three people, which is heading…
Last Updated:December 31, 2024, 4:50 PM IST The WHO has repeatedly criticised China for lack of transparency and cooperation regarding data sharing over the origins of COVID-19. COVID-19, which first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, killed millions of people. (Representational Image) Beijing insisted on Tuesday that it had shared information on COVID-19…
The possibility that mobile phones might cause cancer has been a long-standing concern (representational) A systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure has shown mobile phones are not linked to brain cancer. The review was commissioned by the World Health Organization and is published today in the journal Environment International. Mobile…
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday declared Mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years, following an outbreak of the viral infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has spread to neighbouring countries. Mpox can spread through close contact. Usually mild, it is fatal in rare cases. It causes…
New Delhi13 minutes ago copy link Mortality rates have varied in different monkeypox outbreaks, sometimes as high as 10%. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday declared Mpox or monkeypox a global public health emergency. This is the second time in two years that this disease has been declared a health emergency. The disease has…