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Misinformation being spread online about monkeypox, WHO adviser warns

Misinformation is circulating online about how monkeypox spreads, an adviser for the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.

Evening Standard

Monkeypox one of 'formidable' challenges facing world, warns WHO

Head of World Health Organisation sounds alarm over disease, drought, famine and war

Wales Online

Pandemic ‘most certainly not over’

The head of the World Health Organisation has warned that the coronavirus pandemic is “most certainly not over”.

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WHO mulls monkeypox guidance amid spread

World Health Organisation adviser David Heymann says it appears monkeypox is being spread as a sexually transmitted infection.

Crikey

Monkeypox: 11 new cases confirmed in UK as outbreak spreads

A total of 20 people in UK now infected as Australia and seven other countries record outbreaks

The Independent UK

Vapers warned they 'are inhaling potentially dangerous levels of synthetic chemicals'

Little is known about the content of synthetic coolants in e-cigarettes or their health risks

Wales Online

Areas of Liverpool with highest levels of toxic air

Shocking new figures show how badly polluted areas of the city are and how dangerous the air is we are breathing everyday

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India insists WHO is wrong about Covid deaths. What do the numbers say?

The health and family welfare ministry issued a statement on May 5 disputing the World Health Organisation’s estimate of Covid deaths in India. The WHO had said that India lost 47.4 lakh people to Covid in 2020 and 2021, several times the Indian government’s tally of 5.24 lakh. The ministry…

Newslaundry

Supermarket meal deals should be 'illegal' says obesity expert

They almost always include 'unhealthy' options, he said

Wales Online

Europe COVID-19 toll 2 million as Africa cases rise

More than two million people in the 53 countries of the World Health Organisation’s European region have been confirmed to have died from COVID-19.

Crikey

North Korea reports first Covid-19 outbreak, declares emergency

Seoul (AFP) - North Korea has confirmed its first-ever case of Covid-19 and declared a "severe national emergency", with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to "eliminate" the virus, state media said Thursday.

AFP

‘Irresponsible’: China hits back at WHO criticism of zero-Covid strategy

The Chinese foreign ministry urged the World Health Organisation to ‘refrain from making irresponsible remarks’

The Independent UK

China censors zero-Covid debate after WHO criticises policy

Beijing (AFP) - China's censors scrambled to wipe out online debate over its zero-Covid strategy on Wednesday after the World Health Organisation (WHO) criticised the country's hardline approach to crushing the virus.

AFP

Shanghai to restrict access to food deliveries and hospitals in new severe phase of Covid lockdown

City officials move to toughen lockdown rules further despite being urged to change course

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Daily Record

Eight signs of sex addiction and how to fight it

The World Health Organisation has recognised Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder since 2018

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Global tests dip, WHO doubts China policy

World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says China’s zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy will probably need to change.

Wales Online

Eight signs of sex addiction and what you should do about it

Compulsive Sexual Behaviour Disorder has been recognized by the World Health Organisation as a mental health condition since 2018

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Inconvenient truth: Why the Modi govt is choosing ‘denial’ as its response to WHO’s Covid death toll

On May 5, the World Health Organisation finally bit the bullet and published its report on excess deaths associated with Covid-19.

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WHO says it stands with Ukraine, has documented 200 attacks on health facilities

World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told Ukrainians from Kyiv on Saturday that the WHO stood by them in their conflict with Russia, and urged Moscow to stop waging war on its neighbour.

The Hindu

Morning Digest | India to contest WHO figures on COVID-19-linked deaths in country; CAA will be a reality, says Amit Shah, and more

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Daily Mirror

Measles 'epidemic' warning as one in 10 British kids go unvaccinated - see symptoms

Over the course of the pandemic uptake of the measles vaccine has dropped, leading to the WHO warning that the UK is vulnerable to an "epidemic" of the very infectious disease.

Crikey

Virus cases dip except in Americas, Africa

Global coronavirus infections have dropped 17 per cent in the past week, the World Health Organisation says.

Belfast Live

New air pollution site reveals the toxins outside your front door

The man behind it is hoping to show people how big our air pollution problem is

Chronicle Live

Measles 'epidemic' warning after fall in vaccine uptake - symptoms parents should look out for

The World Health Organisation has raised concerns that a dip in vaccination uptake during the Covid pandemic could be behind a rise in measles cases

Daily Record

Britain on course to become fattest country in Europe

A World Health Organisation report revealed 64% of UK adults are overweight, including 28% categorised as obese.

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