With a 77% increase in new monkeypox cases in the past week, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Emergency Committee is increasingly likely to declare the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) when it reconvenes on or before 18 July. By Thursday, 59 countries had reported monkeypox cases, with Spain (1804 cases), UK […] Continue reading ->
Within a week of overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, the United States Supreme Court has now dealt a severe blow to the nation’s ability to strictly regulate and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming, with escalating impacts on health and well-being. US President Joe Biden described Thursday’s […] Continue reading ->
Monkeypox appears to be establishing itself as a prominent danger to high-risk populations such as children, immune-compromised people and pregnant women, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned. Already, WHO said authorities confirmed cases involving two children in the UK and a child each in Spain, France and the Netherlands. Tedros, however, […] Continue reading ->
Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), it could change its mind if there is evidence of “significant spread” in the next 21 days.    This was announced over the weekend following the meeting of the WHO’s International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency […] Continue reading ->
Women’s rights activists and political opponents reacted with fury to the US Supreme Court’s stunning reversal of the fundamental right to abortion established almost 50 years ago in the landmark 1973 ruling of Roe v. Wade. US President Joe Biden called it a “tragic error,” saying this is the first time the US Supreme Court […] Continue reading ->