Health & Wellness
COVID infections drop 16% worldwide in one week
In its latest update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that although the number of gobal infections have fallen by 16 per cent in a week – 500,000 fewer cases – regions, including Europe, are still in the grip of the virus whose variants are spreading.
The number of coronavirus deaths also declined...
‘Constellation’ of post-COVID symptoms will impact global healthcare
Far more research is needed into the “constellation” of sometimes debilitating symptoms among people who’ve recovered from COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said...
‘Three major threats’ to inoculating the world
Amidst some positive news from the World Health Organization (WHO) that both COVID-19 deaths and new cases have recently been on the wane, there...
New COVID-19 variants raise questions around vaccines
The emergence of new coronavirus variants has raised major questions around whether currently available vaccines will be effective against them, the head of the...
Follow the science: UN plans for a stronger pandemic recovery
Funders responsible for more than $100 million of annual global research investments joined the deputy UN chief Amina Mohammed on Friday to discuss how...
Consecutive drop in new COVID-19 cases ‘encouraging news’: WHO
The number of new COVID-19 cases globally has fallen for the third week in a row, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Monday,...
WHO urges effective and fair use of COVID vaccines
With COVID-19 vaccines currently in scarce supply, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday pressed governments to prioritize inoculation of health...
Top Dieting Advice For The Elderly
When caring for elderly people, it is important to make sure that they are getting all the vitamins and minerals that they need. But...
COVID-19’s Cost on Lung Cancer Progress- Report
A new report launched today at the Davos Agenda week is calling upon governments to focus urgent attention on restoring lung cancer diagnosis and...
New COVID-19 strains ‘poised to unleash’ more severe infections
Since September, the devastation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic has deepened, infecting close to 100 million people, costing more than $3 trillion in lost...