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No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021 - data

Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization's (WHO) air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data in 6,475 cities showed on Tuesday, and smog even rebounded in some regions after a COVID-related dip.

Reuters

Why new SARS-CoV2 variant, not Omicron, may fuel 4th wave

NEW DELHI: Recombinant or hybrid variants of SARS-CoV2, which were initially dubbed as one-off cases, are now being monitored closely by World Health Organization (WHO). They are essentially new variants with characteristics of two or more existing variants.

The Times of India

Special Report: Pandemic warning systems

Can we predict emerging diseases like we predict the weather?

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A computer science technique could help gauge when the pandemic is 'over'

In early 2022, nearly two years after Covid was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, experts are mulling a big question: when is a pandemic “over”?

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The US maternal mortality rate increased nearly 40% in 2021, was highest for Black women

The US maternal mortality rate is one of the highest among developed countries.

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COVID-19 pandemic is 'far from over' -WHO official

A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Friday that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic was a long way off, citing a rise in cases in its latest weekly data.

Reuters

WHO Says It Has 43 Verified Attacks on Health Care in Ukraine

The World Health Organization has verified 43 attacks on health care in Ukraine, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the UN Security Council on Thursday. According to Ghebreyesus, the attacks killed killed 12 people and injured dozens more, including health workers. “In any conflict, attacks on health care are a…

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Nation 'ready' for Deltacron

The public health minister says Thailand is prepared to deal with any new variant of the coronavirus including the newly emerged Deltacron that is now being closely watched by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Bangkok Post

COVID has changed how we live, how we die, and how we grieve

Last week marked the second anniversary of the World Health Organization’s declaration of a pandemic.

The Conversation

WHO Chief: World's worst health crisis is in Ethiopia

As much of the world’s attention is focused on the bloodshed in Ukraine, the head of the World Health Organization saya there is ”nowhere on earth where the health of millions of people is more under threat" than Ethiopia's Tigray region

The Independent UK

WHO: New COVID deaths fell 17% last week, but cases rising

The World Health Organization says the number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 17% in the last week even as COVID-19 infections rose

The Independent UK

How Obesity May Fuel A Health Crisis In India Soon

New Delhi: No country is on track to meet the World Health Organization's 2025 targets on obesity. The World Obesity Federation, which is a lead partner to global agencies on obesity, including WHO, has warned that by 2030, one in five women and one in seven men will be obese,…

The Times of India

Two years into the pandemic, unequal access to COVID-19 treatments threatens the global recovery

It’s now two years since the World Health Organization began calling the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.

The Conversation

WHO exploring when and how to declare end of Covid emergency

GENEVA: Public health experts at the World Health Organization have begun discussing how and when to call an end to the global Covid-19 crisis, exploring what would be an important milestone more than two years after the emergence of the virus.

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AP Was There: The surreal, first day of the pandemic

On the day the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, Koloud “Kay” Tarapolsi reflected the views of many people when she told an Associated Press reporter: “If we avoid each other and listen to the scientists, maybe in a few weeks it will be better."

The Conversation

'We suppressed our scientific imagination': four experts examine the big successes and failures of the COVID response so far

The World Health Organization declared COVID a pandemic on March 11 2020. In the two years since, countries have diverged on their containment strategies, introducing many different ways of mitigating the virus, to varying effect. Here, four health experts look at what has worked well, what mistakes scientists and policymakers…

Benzinga

The World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in its public health laboratories to prevent "any potential spills," the

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WHO Frustration Two Years on Since Pandemic Declaration

Friday marks two years to the day since the World Health Organization first described Covid-19 as a pandemic, shaking countries into action as the disease ripped around the planet. The once-in-a-century pandemic has turned the world upside down, claiming more than six million lives and infecting at least 450 million…

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WHO says it advised Ukraine to destroy pathogens in health labs to prevent disease spread

The World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country's public health laboratories to prevent "any potential spills" that would spread disease among the population, the agency told Reuters on Thursday.

The Conversation

COVID pandemic 2nd anniversary: 3 things we got wrong, and 3 things to watch out for

Exactly two years ago, on March 11 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

The Conversation

COVID: a two-year journey through lockdowns, lives lost and life-saving research

It’s been two years since the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and its disease, COVID-19 were declared a global public health emergency. During this period, there have been over 433 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including over 6 million deaths, reported to the World Health Organization. The pandemic changed life across the…

The Conversation

Wins, missteps and lessons: African experts reflect on two years of COVID response

On 11 March 2020, just months after the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was first identified in China, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency of international concern. Over the next two years COVID-19 would go on to infect nearly half a billion people, killing over 6 million…

The Conversation

Two years into the pandemic, which of our newly formed habits are here to stay?

The World Health Organization officially declared COVID a pandemic on March 11 2020. Now, two years later, there’s light for some at the end of the tunnel. In many wealthier countries, which have benefited from several rounds of vaccination, the worst of the pandemic is over.

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: Ukraine Health System ‘Engulfed’ by War

The war with Russia has sparked a health crisis in Ukraine, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday, decrying at least 18 verified attacks on health care facilities and personnel. The UN health agency said Ukraine's health system was proving "remarkably resilient" following Russia's invasion on February 24. But WHO emergencies…

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Niue becomes second Pacific island in a week to lose Covid-free status

World Health Organization says there are now just eight other countries that have not reported any cases of the virus

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