Category: Health
WHO reviewing report urging new guidance over airborne spread of coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO) is reviewing a report urging it to update guidance on the novel coronavirus after more than 200 scientists, in a letter to the health [...]
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Korean COVID-19 patient recovering after double lung transplant
After a record 112 days on a specialised life-support system, a South Korean COVID-19 patient is recovering from double lung transplant surgery, doctors say, in only the [...]
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WHO sees first results from COVID drug trials within two weeks
The World Health Organization (WHO) should soon get results from clinical trials it is conducting of drugs that might be effective in treating COVID-19 patients, its director [...]
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Over 160,000 coronavirus cases reported every day in past week, a record: WHO
The global coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, with the number of daily cases surging beyond 160,000 every day in the past [...]
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Enabling and sustaining support for hiv and community systems for health in the time of covid-19
Globally, almost half a million people have died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and the number of infections grows daily. In the Asia and Pacific region, we have [...]
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Asia needs more, and better, sex education
As a sign that many Asian cultures are changing, recently there have been a number of young Asian women making use of various platforms to speak out about why their countries [...]
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China’s new virus outbreak needs further testing after ‘hypothesis’ on causeWHO
The origins of a new cluster of coronavirus infections in Beijing are uncertain, World Health Organization officials said on Monday, but the claim that it might have been [...]
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Coronavirus hitting the Americas hardest says World Health Organization
The Americas are bearing the brunt of the global coronavirus pandemic at present, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, with North and South America currently [...]
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WHO recommends breastfeeding, says no live coronavirus found in mothers’ milk
Breastfeeding mothers do not seem to be passing on the new coronavirus to their infants, and based on current evidence the benefits outweigh any potential risks of [...]
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Korean doctors find risk factors for severe COVID-19 cases
South Korean doctors have found certain underlying conditions that may make some COVID-19 patients more severely affected by the disease, a professor at Yeungnam University [...]
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Wear masks in public, says WHO in new coronavirus advice
The World Health Organization Friday changed its advice on face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they should be worn in places where the virus is widespread and [...]
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Global vaccines programme gets $8.8bn shot in the arm
Governments around the world on Thursday pledged $8.8 billion for global vaccines alliance Gavi to help immunisation programmes disrupted by coronavirus, prompting calls for [...]
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WHO will decide on its hydroxychloroquine trial suspension in 24 hours
The World Health Organization (WHO) should have enough information in 24 hours to decide whether to continue suspending its trial of hydroxychloroquine for use against [...]
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World needs ‘green recovery’, health experts tell G20 leaders
Trillions of dollars, euros and yuan pouring into post-pandemic economies must build a “healthy and green recovery”, 200 medical groups representing 40 million [...]
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WHO warns of ‘second peak’ in areas where COVID-19 declining
Countries where coronavirus infections are declining could still face an “immediate second peak” if they let up too soon on measures to halt the outbreak, the [...]
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