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WHO updates list of drug-resistant bacteria most threatening to …

(7 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) today released its updated Bacterial Priority Pathogens List (BPPL) 2024, featuring 15 families of antibiotic-resistant bacteria …

https://www.who.int/news/item/17-05-2024-who-updates-list-of-drug-resistant-bacteria-most-threatening-to-human-health

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‘It’s still killing and it’s still changing.’ Ending - Science

(8 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) today declared an end to the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, days ahead of when a similar emergency in the United States is also set to expire. Both …

https://www.science.org/content/article/who-ends-pandemic-emergency-covid-19-deaths-fall

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W.H.O. members agree to begin talks on a global …

(5 days ago) WEBDec. 1, 2021. The World Health Organization’s member states on Wednesday took the first step toward what many governments hope will be a legally binding treaty aimed at strengthening global

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/world/who-pandemic-treaty.html

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WHO establishes new scientific group to study COVID origins, …

(4 days ago) WEB13 October 2021 Health. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched an expert group that will examine the origins of new pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2, …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1102992

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Message by the Director of the Department of Immunization, …

(4 days ago) WEBFinally, as we anticipate the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly, themed "All for Health, Health for All,” May 27 to June 1, urgent action is imperative to achieve …

https://www.who.int/news/item/15-05-2024-message-by-the-director-of-the-department-of-immunization--vaccines-and-biologicals-at-who---april-2024

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Early mRNA research that led to COVID-19 vaccines wins

(1 days ago) WEBIt is published by the Society for Science, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership organization dedicated to public engagement in scientific research and education (EIN …

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/nobel-prize-physiology-medicine-2023-mrna-vaccine-covid

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World News in Brief: Vaccine ‘patches’ trial shows promise, …

(4 days ago) WEBThe UN World Health Organization has been helping to develop these vaccine microarray patches – or MAPS – as they are known, for several years …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/05/1149561

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New WHO group aims to improve efforts to find pathogen origins …

(6 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) still hopes to lead the way—even after a first effort got mired in the politics of this divisive issue. A group of WHO-chosen …

https://www.science.org/content/article/new-who-group-aims-improve-efforts-find-pathogen-origins

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154 million lives saved in 50 years: Five charts on the global …

(1 days ago) WEBFeedback to editors. We know vaccines have been a miracle for public health. Now, new research led by the World Health Organization has found vaccines have …

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-05-million-years-global-success-vaccines.html

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Rampant COVID Poses New Challenges in the Fifth Year of the …

(2 days ago) WEBEditor’s Note (3/11/24): Today is the fourth anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration of the COVID pandemic.In this Q&A, Scientific American’s …

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rampant-covid-poses-new-challenges-in-the-fifth-year-of-the-pandemic/

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More than 1 billion people worldwide are now estimated

(6 days ago) WEBFor comparison, nearly 800 million people had obesity in 2016, according to the World Health Organization, Headlines and summaries of the latest Science …

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/obesity-1-billion-people-world

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WHO chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health …

(4 days ago) WEB5 May 2023 Health. The head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has declared “with great hope” an end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency, stressing that it …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136367

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Here’s what a coronavirus pandemic would mean Science News

(4 days ago) WEBAccording to the World Health Organization, Science News was founded in 1921 as an independent, nonprofit source of accurate information on the …

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/what-coronavirus-pandemic-would-mean-outbreak-epidemic-who

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UN approves an updated cholera vaccine that could help fight a …

(8 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization has approved a version of a widely used cholera vaccine that could help address a surge in cases that has depleted the global …

https://apnews.com/article/cholera-vaccine-africa-middle-east-who-57b3088cd19fab41b4e1b0aac8da7a60

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W.H.O. Ends Covid World Health Emergency Designation - The …

(Just Now) WEBGlobally, there have been 765,222,932 confirmed cases of Covid, including 6,921,614 deaths, reported to the W.H.O. as of May 3. But these figures are a vast …

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/health/covid-who-emergency-end.html

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New support for climate, disease research and more health news

(3 days ago) WEBHealth funders unite to support climate and disease research. Three of the globe’s biggest health organizations have joined forces to address the impacts of …

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/05/health-climate-disease-research-top-stories/

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World Health Organization and - St. Jude Children's Research …

(4 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital today announced plans to establish a platform that will dramatically increase access to …

https://www.stjude.org/media-resources/news-releases/2021-medicine-science-news/who-stjude-to-dramatically-increase-global-access-to-childhood-cancer-medicines.html

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WHO reinforces the importance of traditional knowledge for …

(8 days ago) WEBThe second meeting of the G20 Bioeconomy Initiative, held in Brasília from 7 to 9 May, focused on the dialogue between traditional knowledge and modern science. …

https://www.paho.org/en/news/14-5-2024-who-reinforces-importance-traditional-knowledge-health-and-bioeconomy

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UN agency authorizes second vaccine against - Associated Press …

(4 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization on Wednesday authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the …

https://apnews.com/article/who-dengue-vaccine-approved-takeda-583ff7aa5f0abbb9cb465db3c40ccee3

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WHO makes loneliness a global health priority with new …

(1 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization is making loneliness a global health priority, it said Wednesday, launching a new Commission on Social Connection. For the …

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/15/health/who-loneliness-social-connection/index.html

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WHO declares an end to the global COVID-19 public health

(9 days ago) WEBMay 5, 2023 at 2:52 pm. COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency, the World Health Organization announced May 5. The organization pointed to two …

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-public-health-emergency-who

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World Health Organization’s pandemic plan mischaracterized

(5 days ago) WEBWorld Health Organization, WHO Member States agree to resume negotiations aimed at finalizing the world’s first pandemic agreement, March 28, 2024 …

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/may/15/bret-weinstein/the-world-health-organizations-pandemic-plan-wont/

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About the Global Health Center Global Health CDC

(Just Now) WEBCDC's Global Health Center is a key implementer of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and co-implementer of the President's …

https://www.cdc.gov/global-health/about/index.html

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WHO launches new initiative to tackle the main cause of vision …

(5 days ago) WEBWHO launches new initiative to tackle the main cause of vision impairment. The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a new initiative, SPECS 2030, to …

https://www.who.int/news/item/14-05-2024-who-launches-new-initiative-to-tackle--the-main-cause-of-vision-impairment

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Environmental Changes Are Fueling Human, Animal and Plant …

(3 days ago) WEBBy Emily Anthes. May 8, 2024. Several large-scale, human-driven changes to the planet — including climate change, the loss of biodiversity and the spread of invasive species — …

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/08/health/environment-climate-health.html

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Inventor of Impella medical device has advice for new grads in …

(2 days ago) WEBNow he has advice to aspiring inventors and new grads. "Don't be disappointed that the first things don't work as intended," he says. "They don't look nice, …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/14/1250576706/impella-medical-device-inventor-advice-new-grads

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US government suspends funding for virus research group at …

(3 days ago) WEBThe US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday suspended funding to EcoHealth Alliance, a virus research organization tied to …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/health/us-government-suspends-fundingforvirus-research-group-at-center-of-covid-19-origin-controversy/index.html

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(8 days ago) WEBScience News features news articles, videos and more about the latest scientific advances. Independent, accurate nonprofit news since 1921.

https://www.sciencenews.org/

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How are asthma and heart health linked?

(9 days ago) WEBScientists do know that asthma and cardiovascular disease share a common bond: inflammation. The lungs add oxygen to blood, which the heart then pumps to the …

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/05/17/how-are-asthma-and-heart-health-linked

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World Health Statistics 2022 - World Health Organization (WHO)

(9 days ago) WEB20 May 2022 – Geneva: The World Health Organization has published its latest comprehensive set of World Health Statistics to 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 …

https://www.who.int/news/item/20-05-2022-world-health-statistics-2022

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What military doctors can teach us about power in the United …

(6 days ago) WEBPower is invisible, but its effects can be seen everywhere — especially in the health records of active-duty military personnel. By examining details of 1.5 million …

https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2024-05-16/what-military-doctors-can-teach-us-about-power-in-the-united-states

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U.S. halts funding to virus research organization linked to …

(7 days ago) WEB5 min. Federal health officials Wednesday suspended funding to a U.S. research organization linked to investigations about the novel coronavirus ’s origins, …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/05/15/ecohealth-hhs-funding-covid/

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) - World Health Organization (WHO)

(3 days ago) WEBOrigins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus →. Information on COVID-19, the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus.

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

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Teen and Miss USA quit their crowns AP News

(4 days ago) WEBJOHN. Updated 2:56 PM PDT, May 10, 2024. The reigning winners of Miss USA, Noelia Voigt, and Miss Teen USA, UmaSofia Srivastava, resigned from their titles …

https://apnews.com/article/miss-usa-teen-pageant-resignations-d188872c2d4948669e416aa7c6bd9870

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WHO prequalifies new dengue vaccine - World Health …

(6 days ago) WEBA new vaccine for dengue received prequalification from the World Health Organization (WHO) on 10 May 2024. TAK-003 is the second dengue vaccine to be …

https://www.who.int/news/item/15-05-2024-who-prequalifies-new-dengue-vaccine

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