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As India detects 3 HMPV cases, #lockdown trends; Centre says no need to panic

Jan 07, 2025, at 12:13 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India Monday reported three cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) of which two are in Bengaluru and one in Ahmedabad.

HMPV virus outbreak: India asks WHO to share timely updates on the situation in China

Jan 05, 2025, at 02:25 pm

The Indian government on Saturday asked the World Health Organization to share timely updates regarding the situation in China where rising respiratory illness, mostly driven by Human Metapneumovirus, cases have forced the neighbouring nation to be vigilant.

China facing new COVID-19-like virus outbreak, hospitals, cemeteries overcrowded

Jan 03, 2025, at 09:45 am

Several videos are currently going viral on social media, showing China's hospitals overwhelmed with patients due to the outbreak of human metapneumovirus (HMPV).

WHO asks China to share data five years after COVID-19

Jan 01, 2025, at 09:22 am

The World Health Organization (WHO) this week reflected on COVID-19, and ongoing efforts to understand the disease, five years after its emergence.

New WHO report shows TB has overtaken COVID-19 as leading infectious disease killer in 2023

Oct 30, 2024, at 07:54 pm

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023 – the highest number recorded since WHO began global TB monitoring in 1995.

WHO warns COVID-19 is making worrying comeback amid summer surge

Aug 07, 2024, at 03:15 pm

COVID-19 infections are surging worldwide - including at the Olympics - and are unlikely to decline anytime soon, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.

Immunization coverage for children worldwide stalled during 2023, new UN data shows

Jul 15, 2024, at 07:08 pm

New data published on Monday by UN agencies shows that immunization coverage for children worldwide stalled during 2023, leaving around 2.7 million lacking the protection they need compared to the pre-COVID-19 levels of 2019.

Next pandemic is absolutely inevitable, says top British scientist

May 28, 2024, at 03:42 pm

Patrick Vallance, the UK's former chief scientific advisor, has urged the incoming British government to start preparing since the next pandemic is 'absolutely inevitable'.

WHO data shows COVID-19 eliminated a decade of progress in global level of life expectancy

May 25, 2024, at 02:46 pm

Data crunched by the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the COVID-19 emergency reversed more than a decade of gains in life expectancy, reinforcing the need for countries to agree on a global pandemic treaty to protect future generations.

Study reveals COVID-19 vaccine can help people with heart failure live longer

May 13, 2024, at 04:32 am

Heart failure patients who are vaccinated against COVID-19 have an 82% greater likelihood of living longer than those who are not vaccinated, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2024, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).

Pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca decides to withdraw Covid-19 vaccine citing 'commercial reasons'

May 08, 2024, at 03:13 pm

The maker of Covishield, AstraZeneca, has decided to withdraw its Covid-19 vaccine citing "commercial reasons".

US is witnessing a surge in new COVID-19 variant named FLiRT

May 06, 2024, at 08:56 pm

The United States is witnessing an uptick in new COVID-19 variant cases, triggering concern over a potential summer wave.

AstraZeneca admits in court papers that its COVID-19 vaccine can cause rare side effects

Apr 30, 2024, at 02:24 pm

AstraZeneca has confirmed in court documents that its COVID-19 vaccine, developed in collaboration with the University of Oxford, can cause a rare side effect called thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), according to a report released in a British newspaper.

WHO says 'just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19

Apr 26, 2024, at 10:26 pm

Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, while also potentially exacerbating the already serious and growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

WHO says 7,000 avoidable deaths in Europe due to COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 23, 2024, at 12:52 am

There were nearly 7,000 excess deaths from tuberculosis (TB) in the UN World Health Organization’s (WHO) European region during the three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, new data published on Thursday has revealed.

Over one million lives were saved in Europe due to COVID-19 vaccines, says WHO

Jan 17, 2024, at 11:03 pm

COVID-19 vaccines saved at least 1.4 million lives in Europe – “irrefutable” proof of the power of these inoculations, the regional head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Study says vaccine reduces risk of long COVID-19 in children

Jan 17, 2024, at 10:37 pm

Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, reduces the risk of serious acute illness in children and adolescents, a study has revealed.

Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical firm Biological E. Limited's COVID vaccine Corbevax gets WHO's emergency use listing

Jan 17, 2024, at 03:46 pm

Biological E. Limited (BE), India's Hyderabad-based vaccines and pharmaceutical company, has announced that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted an Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to their Corbevax vaccine.

WHO warns COVID-19 risk still remains high

Jan 13, 2024, at 02:44 pm

The public health risk from COVID-19 remains high, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday.

India reports 514 Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths in 24 hours

Jan 11, 2024, at 08:03 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 514 new Covid-19 cases and three people died of infection in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.

WHO warns COVID-19 infections are rising fast globally

Jan 06, 2024, at 03:22 pm

The UN health agency WHO confirmed on Friday that coronavirus numbers are spiking globally and that we “should expect more cases” in the coming winter months in the northern hemisphere.

India sees 22 percent jump in Covid-19 cases: Report

Jan 02, 2024, at 07:18 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India has added 22 percent rise in Covid-19 cases amid the surge in infections across the country, media reports said.

India records highest COVID cases in 7 months with 636 fresh infections, Leh makes masks mandatory in public

Jan 02, 2024, at 05:53 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India recorded a two percent rise in COVID-19 cases over the past 2 weeks, with the tally in the last 24 hours reaching 636 cases.

India records rise in Covid cases again, 841 new infections in 24 hours

Dec 31, 2023, at 07:12 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India has logged 841 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, recording the highest in 227 days.

UN chief Antonio Guterres asks people to act on lessons of COVID-19 on Epidemic Preparedness Day

Dec 28, 2023, at 11:16 pm

The world must prepare for the next pandemic and act on lessons learned from COVID-19, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message on Wednesday to mark the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.

India reports 692 new Covid-19 cases, 6 deaths in past 24 hours

Dec 28, 2023, at 10:18 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has recorded 692 fresh Covid-19 cases and six deaths during the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data said on Thursday.

Delhi reports first case of JN.1 variant of COVID-19, health minister urges not to panic

Dec 28, 2023, at 03:53 am

New Delhi/IBNS: With the national capital reporting its first case of JN.1 variant infection, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said that there is no need to panic and that it only causes mild sickness.

India reports 116 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally reaches 4,170

Dec 26, 2023, at 06:03 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India has recorded 116 fresh cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours as per health Ministry data on Tuesday.

India's active Covid-19 caseload rises to 3,742 with 656 new infections as JN.1 variant spreads

Dec 25, 2023, at 12:05 am

New Delhi: India registered an increase of 656 new Covid-19 infections in a single day, causing the active caseload to rise from 3,420 to 3,742, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.

Ongoing brain injury caused by COVID-19 may not always be detected by routine tests: Study

Dec 24, 2023, at 10:58 pm

A new study published December 22 in Nature Communications details that markers of brain injury are present in the blood many months after COVID-19 infection, despite inflammation blood tests being normal.

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