“International action” is needed to curb the spread of a potentially deadly infection that has already been declared a global health emergency, officials have said. In a major update the World Health Organisation (WHO) revealed that at least 100 new cases of mpox are being registered in Europe every month. The disease, formerly known as … Read more
The World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed it will be convening an emergency committee to assess the threat of monkeypox. WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the committee will discuss whether to declare the virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Dr Ghebreyesus noted the organisation has already recorded more cases in … Read more
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded a warning on declining vaccine coverage. Geneva: Covid-19 is still killing around 1,700 people a week around the world, the World Health Organization said Thursday, as it urged at-risk populations to keep up with their vaccinations against the disease. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded a warning on declining … Read more
(NewsNation) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning about fake weight loss medication claiming to contain the active ingredients in the diabetes drug Ozempic and weight loss treatment Wegovy. Since 2022, WHO has observed increased reports of falsified semaglutide and other GLP-1 products worldwide; however, this first official notice was issued following confirmation of … Read more
Health Canada says it has not received any reports of counterfeit Ozempic in the country after the World Health Organization issued a warning about fake batches of the popular diabetes drug detected in some countries. The WHO warning on Thursday was about three falsified lots of Ozempic that were detected in the United States in … Read more
The World Health Organization’s emergencies department is facing “existential threats” as multiplying health crises have left it so short of cash that it needed emergency funds to pay staff salaries at the end of last year, an independent report said. It will likely have to ask for funding again to cover salaries up to June, … Read more
A global treaty to fight pandemics like COVID is going to have to wait: After more than two years of negotiations, rich and poor countries have failed — for now — to come up with a plan for how the world might respond to the next pandemic. After COVID-19 triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions, leaders at … Read more
The global tobacco industry is using “manipulative” tactics to “aggressively” target and hook youth on smoking across the globe, warns the World Health Organization, which is calling for a ban on the sale of tobacco and nicotine-related products to minors. Globally, an estimated 37 million children aged 13 to 15 years use tobacco, the WHO … Read more
The World Health Organization is likely to issue a wider warning about contaminated Johnson and Johnson-made children’s cough syrup found in Nigeria last week, it said in an email. Nigeria’s regulator recalled a batch of Benylin syrup last Wednesday, having found a high level of diethylene glycol in the product during routine testing. The contaminant, … Read more
Viral hepatitis is 2nd-biggest infectious killer, narrowly trailing tuberculosis. (Representational) More than 3,500 people die from hepatitis viruses every day and the global toll is rising, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday, calling for swift action to fight the second-largest infectious killer. New data from 187 countries showed that the number of deaths from … Read more
