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WHO launches ‘first global initiative to tackle the epidemic of loneliness,’ with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy as co-chair

“For too long loneliness has existed behind the shadows, unseen and under-appreciated,” draining communities of their wellbeing, Murthy said. “Now we have an opportunity to change that."

Fortune

‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’: World reacts to Israel’s al-Shifa raid

Criticism of Israel’s attack on Gaza’s largest hospital is adding to global disquiet over its war on the enclave.

Al Jazeera

Death and disease as Israeli troops approach Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital

Medics say al-Shifa’s patients, including newborns, are dying due to the lack of fuel as Israeli forces encircle it.

Al Jazeera

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Israeli forces at gates of Gaza’s main hospital with hundreds trapped

Health officials say patients dying due to energy shortages as fighting between Israel and Hamas intensifies

The Guardian - UK

Live updates | Fighting outside Gaza's largest hospital prompts thousands to flee

Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants outside Gaza’s largest hospital has prompted thousands of people to flee from the sprawling medical facility, but hundreds of patients and others displaced by the war remained inside, health officials said Monday

The Independent UK

Israel-Hamas war: Brazil’s president accuses Israel of ‘killing innocent people’ – as it happened

This blog has closed. You can see all our Israel-Hamas war coverage here and see our latest full report on the conflict here

The Guardian - AU

Gaza’s two biggest hospitals cease operations as WHO warns of rising deaths

UN agency says three nurses killed at Al-Shifa, as WHO calls for immediate Israel-Gaza ceasefire to halt loss of life.

Al Jazeera

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Macron calls for end to killing of civilians in Gaza as international pressure on Israel grows

French president’s comments come as aid agency Doctors Without Borders says situation at main Gaza hospital ‘catastrophic’

The Guardian - AU

Israeli forces close in on al-Shifa Hospital, trapping thousands

Thousands of people are holed up in Gaza’s largest hospital, which Israel claims is a Hamas command centre.

Al Jazeera

Israel rejects US pressure for 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza without hostage release

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's pressure for a "humanitarian pause" in its war on Hamas, conditioning it on the release of hostages taken from Israel to Gaza. France reacted to an Israeli strike on the French Institute in Gaza with "astonishment" and "incomprehension",…

France 24

Palestine Red Crescent says Israel orders evacuation of al-Quds Hospital

The al-Quds Hospital currently shelters hundreds of patients and more than 12,000 displaced civilians in Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Biden says ‘other team' is probably behind the Gaza hospital blast, as world awaits an Israel-Hamas smoking gun

Before Biden departed for war-torn Israel, the U.S. government reportedly had not drawn a conclusion as to who was behind the deadly attack.

Fortune

World reacts as Gaza officials say 500 killed in Israeli strike on hospital

Palestinian authorities say at least 500 people were killed in an Israeli raid on a hospital in central Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds feared dead in blast at Gaza hospital as Israel denies airstrike

The Palestinian president has cancelled plans to meet with Joe Biden in the wake of the deadly explosion in Gaza City

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A 'dream' come true: Now there are 2 vaccines to slash the frightful toll of malaria

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.Tedros, says he used to "dream of the day when we would have a ... vaccine against malaria. Now, we have two."

The Guardian - UK

Cheaper, more effective malaria vaccine wins WHO approval

R21/Matrix-M vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, is the first malaria vaccine to reach 75% efficacy target

The Independent UK

UN authorizes a second malaria vaccine. Experts warn it's not enough to stop the disease spreading

The World Health Organization has authorized a second malaria vaccine in a decision that could offer countries a cheaper and more effective option than the world’s first shot against the parasitic disease

The Guardian - UK

Climate action must respond to extreme weather driving health crisis, says WHO

Melting ice caps and rising sea levels are urgent but people care more about the floods, wildfires and droughts that are here now, New York summit hears

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Dynamite News

Pandemic emergency ended but COVID-19 virus still around, says WHO director general

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has reminded people that Covid-19 is still around and that countermeasures are still required. Read further on dynamite News:

The Hindu

WHO-managed grid to promote equitable access to digital health

The GIDH will be a WHO-managed network that will promote equitable access to digital health by addressing challenges such as duplication of efforts and “products-focused” digital health transformation.

The Hindu

Continue COVID-19 testing to check emergence of new virus variants: WHO chief

WHO head urges testing, vigilance to fight COVID-19; G20 Health Ministers' meeting in Gujarat to focus on health emergencies, anti-microbial resistance an one health framework

Dynamite News

WHO, Ministry of Ayush to host first-ever Global Summit on Traditional Medicine

A first-of-its-kind global summit on Traditional Medicine, organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) and co-hosted by the Ministry of Ayush, is set to take place on August 17-18, 2023, at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Read further on Dynamite News.

The Hindu

WHO Director-General to inaugurate first ever global summit on traditional medicine

WHO and Ministry of Ayush will host the first-ever global summit on traditional medicine from August 17, which will be inaugurated by Director-General, WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

The Guardian - UK

Can a WHO pandemic treaty help poorer nations in future outbreaks?

Global accord aims to avoid the damage caused during Covid-19 and ensure vaccines and medical equipment are distributed equally to all

Radio France Internationale

UN to roll out 18 million malaria vaccines across 12 African countries by 2025

The World Health Organization, Unicef and the Vaccine Alliance have announced 18 million doses of the first malaria vaccine will be delivered to 12 African countries by 2025.

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