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Improving maternal and newborn health is a critical part of the Sustainable Development Goals, where we, as a global community, commit to ending preventable maternal and newborn mortality. The United Nations has consistently highlighted the crucial role midwives play in achieving these targets. Despite the need for increased investments in…

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XBB.1.16 strain detected in 34 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

A panel of global health experts will meet on Thursday to decide if COVID-19 is still an emergency under the World Health Organization's rules, a status that helps maintain international focus on the pandemic.

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that it has dismissed a senior scientist, known for his role as the head of an international mission to China to probe the origins of COVID-19, for sexual misconduct.

Particulate pollution poses one of the greatest environmental risks to health, according to the WHO. So what is a safe level of exposure?

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 34 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

"Future generations will question what we did to improve from the pandemic," said. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Nodding syndrome is a rare neurological condition that can result in head nodding and violent seizures. Some researchers think they know the cause, but questions remain.