Health & Wellness
New data-driven hub aims to detect and prevent next pandemic
A new centre in Berlin, Germany, launched on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to help countries better assess and respond to...
COVID-19 New Mu variant could be more vaccine-resistant
A new coronavirus “variant of interest” named Mu – also known by its scientific name as B.1.621 – is being closely monitored by the...
WHO: COVID jabs needed for educators and kids to keep schools open
As the school year begins for millions of children in Europe and Central Asia, UN health and child experts on Monday issued a series of COVID-19...
Coming months critical for future pandemic preparedness
The next three months will be a critical period for stepping up global collective action against future pandemics, the head of the World Health...
How tweaking your diet can help save the planet
Food is, of course, fundamental to life.
But in a perhaps ironic twist, the things we eat are fueling some of the greatest threats to...
COVID-19: Funding plea to combat Delta variant, call to suspend booster roll-out
During Wednesday’s World Health Organization briefing on COVID-19, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for funding to fight the spread of the deadly Delta...
Understanding of environmental dimensions of antimicrobial resistance in India
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have launched a new collaborative project - ‘Priorities for the Environmental Dimension...
UN health agency urges support for new COVID-19 origins studies
The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all countries “to put differences aside” in order to speed up efforts to understand where and how...
Delta variant, a warning the COVID-19 virus is getting ‘fitter and faster’
Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has spread to 132 countries,...
COVAX and World Bank to Accelerate Vaccine Access for Developing Countries
COVAX and the World Bank will accelerate COVID-19 vaccine supply for developing countries through a new financing mechanism that builds on Gavi’s newly designed...