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BF.7: The next major COVID strain?

New COVID variants BF.7 and BA.2.75.2 are edging out BA.5 for supremacy. Will the new vaccine boosters be enough?

Salon

When the Auf Wiedersehen, Pet star and the lead singer of The Who teamed up

Stars of music and comedy, including Jimmy Nail and Roger Daltrey, performed at The Sage Gateshead in support of the Teenage Cancer Trust on this night 15 years ago

Chronicle Live

Secret vaccinations help Zimbabwe mothers protect children

Church members in Zimbabwe are getting their children vaccinated against measles in secret amid a deadly outbreak

The Independent UK

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Every 2 seconds, 1 person under 70 dies of noncommunicable diseases in world: WHO report

Diseases relating to the heart, cancer, diabetes and respiratory diseases claim the lives of every one person every two seconds under the age of 70, a World Health Organisation report has said. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

COVID pandemic created immunisation gaps in Africa. Over half a million children are at risk

The COVID pandemic exposed the fault lines in health systems and national routine immunisation programmes around the world.

The Conversation

Watch | Can the Covid-19 pandemic end soon?

A video on the present global situation with Covid-19 and the WHO’s guidelines to countries

The Hindu

Non-communicable diseases kill a person under 70 every two seconds, says WHO

Chronic and mainly preventable diseases such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease outstripping infectious diseases due to inaction

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A Colorado teen’s long COVID isn’t just persisting — after 2 years, it’s getting worse

DENVER -- Reminders of life outside Lilly Downs’ Denver hospital room dotted the walls.

The Denver Post

China’s ‘hidden epidemics’: the preventable diseases that could reshape a nation

Stratospheric economic growth since the late 1970s has brought great prosperity, along with ‘western-style’ health problems that are beginning to have a devastating impact

The Guardian - AU

Is a new Covid variant set to ruin Ireland's winter? WHO chief sounds alarm

A new Covid variant that is more transmittable and “potentially more severe” could go undetected

Irish Mirror

Is the Covid-19 pandemic ‘over’? Biden’s bold declaration raises questions

US President Joe Biden and WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus both recently expressed optimism that the Covid-19 crisis may be drawing to an end. But is the pandemic really a thing of the past?

France 24

Uganda announces first death in latest outbreak of Ebola

Uganda's health ministry has announced the country's first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende.

Radio France Internationale

People dying of water-borne diseases in flood-hit Pakistan

Nine die of gastroenteritis, diarrhoea and malaria in Sindh in the last 24 hours as the crisis overwhelms health system.

Al Jazeera

Ebola strikes again as country records first death in three years and outbreak declared

The WHO's Africa Director Matshidiso Moeti said it is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda is recording the Ebola Sudan strain and that they are working closely to investigate the source of the outbreak

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Irish Mirror

Ebola outbreak from 'rare strain' declared in Uganda as first death confirmed

The country’s health ministry announced the first death - of a man in his 20s - from the virus since 2019 had been recorded.

Al Jazeera

Uganda confirms Ebola outbreak after patient dies

A young man in Uganda’s Mubende district showed symptoms and later died; there are currently eight suspect cases.

Reuters

Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, the health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO Sends Supplies to Syria to Deal with Cholera Outbreak

A plane carrying medical supplies to deal with the spread of a deadly cholera outbreak in war-torn Syria landed in the capital of Damascus on Monday, the World Health Organization said, and another one will follow. Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO’s regional director, told The Associated Press in an interview during a…

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WHO advises against use of two antibody therapies against Covid

At least for the time being, there are no recommended antibody therapies to treat the coronavirus

Axios

Biden: "The pandemic is over"

WHO's chief said last week the end of the pandemic "is in sight," but "we are not there yet."

The Independent UK

WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan

The World Health Organization is raising the alarm about a “second disaster” in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer, as doctors and medical workers on the ground race to battle outbreaks of waterborne and other diseases

Glasgow Live

Nine of Glasgow’s greatest gigs of all time - as chosen by locals

Glasgow has welcomed a huge variety of stars over the years and is famous as having one of the best gig atmospheres in the world - but which concerts stand out in the minds of Glaswegians?

The Conversation

The WHO has advised against the use of two antibody therapies against COVID – here's what that means

New guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) strongly advises against using the antibody therapies sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab to treat patients with COVID-19.

Newslaundry

Who funds CPR, the ‘centrist’ think tank under Income Tax scanner?

The Centre for Policy Research, which has recently come under the tax scanner for alleged irregularities in funding, prides itself on staying true to its “non-partisan” and “independent” values. Since its inception in 1973, the think tank has undertaken studies on almost every topic under the sun, and its academic…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Bahrain Detects 1st Monkeypox Case

Bahrain has detected its first monkeypox case, the state news agency BNA said on Friday, citing the health ministry. The ministry said the patient was returning from abroad when his symptoms were suspected and diagnosed, BNA added. "The patient, a 29-year-old male expatriate, has arrived in the Kingdom after recent…

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