‘Extreme Weather’ Ranked as Top Risk, According to World Economic Forum Report 15/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The world is world is “plagued” by a duo of dangerous crises: climate and conflict, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) ahead of its annual meeting, in Davos starting on Monday. “Underlying geopolitical tensions combined with the eruption of active hostilities in multiple regions is contributing to an unstable global order characterised by polarising […] Continue reading -> First Human Trial of Nipah Vaccine Announced 15/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska The first clinical trial of a vaccine for Nipah, a deadly communicable disease mostly found in South-East Asia, is about to start, the Oxford Vaccine Group announced. Despite 25 years of outbreaks and its WHO status of a priority disease, there is no treatment or vaccine for Nipah up to this date. “This vaccine trial […] Continue reading -> Love For Future Generations Motivates People to Support Climate Action 12/01/2024 Disha Shetty There is overwhelming support for immediate government action on climate change, according to a global report from 23 countries. Over three-quarters (77%) of people agree with the statement, “It is essential that our government does whatever it takes to limit the effects of climate change,” and just over 10% disagree, according to the report produced […] Continue reading -> Gavi Appoints Pakistan Senator as New CEO 12/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Pakistan Senator Dr Sania Nishtar has been appointed new CEO of the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, and will take up the position on 18 March. This follows the previous appointee, Dr Muhammad Pate, pulling out last June – six weeks before he was due to take office, in order to serve as health minister of […] Continue reading -> Cabo Verde Becomes Third African Country to Eliminate Malaria 12/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Cabo Verde was certified as malaria-free on Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO), only the third African country to have achieved this milestone. The country, an archipelago of 10 islands off the West African coast near Senegal, joins 43 countries including African countries Mauritius and Algeria in eliminating malaria. Its last indigenous malaria case […] Continue reading -> WHO Consults Scientists Over Pathogens with Pandemic Potential 11/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a series of consultations with the scientific community this week aimed at building consensus about how best to identify and address the pathogens most likely to cause epidemics and pandemics. The first consultation kicked off on Tuesday, with some of the world’s top scientists addressing how to develop a […] Continue reading -> Tedros Appeals to Israel to Allow More Medical Supplies into Gaza Hospitals After Repeated Refusals 10/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has appealed to Israel to permit it to deliver more medical supplies to Gazan health facilities, particularly in northern Gaza, after Israel refused to allow WHO convoys to travel to the area seven times in the past two weeks. “We call on Israel to approve requests by WHO […] Continue reading -> Mixed Results from India’s Five-Year Campaign to Cut Air Pollution 10/01/2024 Disha Shetty PUNE, India – India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched five years ago and has provided budgets to 131 Indian cities to respond to air pollution. But over half of this money had not been used by the end of 2023, according to the latest figures released by the government, while the programme’s impact […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Variant JN.1: What You Need to Know About its Global Takeover 10/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The JN.1 COVID-19 variant is completing its global takeover, with the number of new cases having increased by 52% during the 28 days leading up to the end of the year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, JN.1 accounts for more than 60% of COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers […] Continue reading -> FDA Chief Warns US Immunity Is ‘At Risk’ as More People Decline Vaccinations 09/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The rising number of US citizens declining vaccinations is threatening population immunity to certain diseases, according to two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders. “The situation has now deteriorated to the point that population immunity against some vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is at risk, and thousands of excess deaths are likely to occur this season […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
First Human Trial of Nipah Vaccine Announced 15/01/2024 Zuzanna Stawiska The first clinical trial of a vaccine for Nipah, a deadly communicable disease mostly found in South-East Asia, is about to start, the Oxford Vaccine Group announced. Despite 25 years of outbreaks and its WHO status of a priority disease, there is no treatment or vaccine for Nipah up to this date. “This vaccine trial […] Continue reading -> Love For Future Generations Motivates People to Support Climate Action 12/01/2024 Disha Shetty There is overwhelming support for immediate government action on climate change, according to a global report from 23 countries. Over three-quarters (77%) of people agree with the statement, “It is essential that our government does whatever it takes to limit the effects of climate change,” and just over 10% disagree, according to the report produced […] Continue reading -> Gavi Appoints Pakistan Senator as New CEO 12/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Pakistan Senator Dr Sania Nishtar has been appointed new CEO of the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, and will take up the position on 18 March. This follows the previous appointee, Dr Muhammad Pate, pulling out last June – six weeks before he was due to take office, in order to serve as health minister of […] Continue reading -> Cabo Verde Becomes Third African Country to Eliminate Malaria 12/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Cabo Verde was certified as malaria-free on Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO), only the third African country to have achieved this milestone. The country, an archipelago of 10 islands off the West African coast near Senegal, joins 43 countries including African countries Mauritius and Algeria in eliminating malaria. Its last indigenous malaria case […] Continue reading -> WHO Consults Scientists Over Pathogens with Pandemic Potential 11/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a series of consultations with the scientific community this week aimed at building consensus about how best to identify and address the pathogens most likely to cause epidemics and pandemics. The first consultation kicked off on Tuesday, with some of the world’s top scientists addressing how to develop a […] Continue reading -> Tedros Appeals to Israel to Allow More Medical Supplies into Gaza Hospitals After Repeated Refusals 10/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has appealed to Israel to permit it to deliver more medical supplies to Gazan health facilities, particularly in northern Gaza, after Israel refused to allow WHO convoys to travel to the area seven times in the past two weeks. “We call on Israel to approve requests by WHO […] Continue reading -> Mixed Results from India’s Five-Year Campaign to Cut Air Pollution 10/01/2024 Disha Shetty PUNE, India – India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched five years ago and has provided budgets to 131 Indian cities to respond to air pollution. But over half of this money had not been used by the end of 2023, according to the latest figures released by the government, while the programme’s impact […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Variant JN.1: What You Need to Know About its Global Takeover 10/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The JN.1 COVID-19 variant is completing its global takeover, with the number of new cases having increased by 52% during the 28 days leading up to the end of the year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, JN.1 accounts for more than 60% of COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers […] Continue reading -> FDA Chief Warns US Immunity Is ‘At Risk’ as More People Decline Vaccinations 09/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The rising number of US citizens declining vaccinations is threatening population immunity to certain diseases, according to two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders. “The situation has now deteriorated to the point that population immunity against some vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is at risk, and thousands of excess deaths are likely to occur this season […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Love For Future Generations Motivates People to Support Climate Action 12/01/2024 Disha Shetty There is overwhelming support for immediate government action on climate change, according to a global report from 23 countries. Over three-quarters (77%) of people agree with the statement, “It is essential that our government does whatever it takes to limit the effects of climate change,” and just over 10% disagree, according to the report produced […] Continue reading -> Gavi Appoints Pakistan Senator as New CEO 12/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Pakistan Senator Dr Sania Nishtar has been appointed new CEO of the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, and will take up the position on 18 March. This follows the previous appointee, Dr Muhammad Pate, pulling out last June – six weeks before he was due to take office, in order to serve as health minister of […] Continue reading -> Cabo Verde Becomes Third African Country to Eliminate Malaria 12/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Cabo Verde was certified as malaria-free on Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO), only the third African country to have achieved this milestone. The country, an archipelago of 10 islands off the West African coast near Senegal, joins 43 countries including African countries Mauritius and Algeria in eliminating malaria. Its last indigenous malaria case […] Continue reading -> WHO Consults Scientists Over Pathogens with Pandemic Potential 11/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a series of consultations with the scientific community this week aimed at building consensus about how best to identify and address the pathogens most likely to cause epidemics and pandemics. The first consultation kicked off on Tuesday, with some of the world’s top scientists addressing how to develop a […] Continue reading -> Tedros Appeals to Israel to Allow More Medical Supplies into Gaza Hospitals After Repeated Refusals 10/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has appealed to Israel to permit it to deliver more medical supplies to Gazan health facilities, particularly in northern Gaza, after Israel refused to allow WHO convoys to travel to the area seven times in the past two weeks. “We call on Israel to approve requests by WHO […] Continue reading -> Mixed Results from India’s Five-Year Campaign to Cut Air Pollution 10/01/2024 Disha Shetty PUNE, India – India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched five years ago and has provided budgets to 131 Indian cities to respond to air pollution. But over half of this money had not been used by the end of 2023, according to the latest figures released by the government, while the programme’s impact […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Variant JN.1: What You Need to Know About its Global Takeover 10/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The JN.1 COVID-19 variant is completing its global takeover, with the number of new cases having increased by 52% during the 28 days leading up to the end of the year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, JN.1 accounts for more than 60% of COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers […] Continue reading -> FDA Chief Warns US Immunity Is ‘At Risk’ as More People Decline Vaccinations 09/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The rising number of US citizens declining vaccinations is threatening population immunity to certain diseases, according to two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders. “The situation has now deteriorated to the point that population immunity against some vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is at risk, and thousands of excess deaths are likely to occur this season […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Gavi Appoints Pakistan Senator as New CEO 12/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Pakistan Senator Dr Sania Nishtar has been appointed new CEO of the global vaccine alliance, Gavi, and will take up the position on 18 March. This follows the previous appointee, Dr Muhammad Pate, pulling out last June – six weeks before he was due to take office, in order to serve as health minister of […] Continue reading -> Cabo Verde Becomes Third African Country to Eliminate Malaria 12/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Cabo Verde was certified as malaria-free on Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO), only the third African country to have achieved this milestone. The country, an archipelago of 10 islands off the West African coast near Senegal, joins 43 countries including African countries Mauritius and Algeria in eliminating malaria. Its last indigenous malaria case […] Continue reading -> WHO Consults Scientists Over Pathogens with Pandemic Potential 11/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a series of consultations with the scientific community this week aimed at building consensus about how best to identify and address the pathogens most likely to cause epidemics and pandemics. The first consultation kicked off on Tuesday, with some of the world’s top scientists addressing how to develop a […] Continue reading -> Tedros Appeals to Israel to Allow More Medical Supplies into Gaza Hospitals After Repeated Refusals 10/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has appealed to Israel to permit it to deliver more medical supplies to Gazan health facilities, particularly in northern Gaza, after Israel refused to allow WHO convoys to travel to the area seven times in the past two weeks. “We call on Israel to approve requests by WHO […] Continue reading -> Mixed Results from India’s Five-Year Campaign to Cut Air Pollution 10/01/2024 Disha Shetty PUNE, India – India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched five years ago and has provided budgets to 131 Indian cities to respond to air pollution. But over half of this money had not been used by the end of 2023, according to the latest figures released by the government, while the programme’s impact […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Variant JN.1: What You Need to Know About its Global Takeover 10/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The JN.1 COVID-19 variant is completing its global takeover, with the number of new cases having increased by 52% during the 28 days leading up to the end of the year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, JN.1 accounts for more than 60% of COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers […] Continue reading -> FDA Chief Warns US Immunity Is ‘At Risk’ as More People Decline Vaccinations 09/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The rising number of US citizens declining vaccinations is threatening population immunity to certain diseases, according to two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders. “The situation has now deteriorated to the point that population immunity against some vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is at risk, and thousands of excess deaths are likely to occur this season […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Cabo Verde Becomes Third African Country to Eliminate Malaria 12/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan Cabo Verde was certified as malaria-free on Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO), only the third African country to have achieved this milestone. The country, an archipelago of 10 islands off the West African coast near Senegal, joins 43 countries including African countries Mauritius and Algeria in eliminating malaria. Its last indigenous malaria case […] Continue reading -> WHO Consults Scientists Over Pathogens with Pandemic Potential 11/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a series of consultations with the scientific community this week aimed at building consensus about how best to identify and address the pathogens most likely to cause epidemics and pandemics. The first consultation kicked off on Tuesday, with some of the world’s top scientists addressing how to develop a […] Continue reading -> Tedros Appeals to Israel to Allow More Medical Supplies into Gaza Hospitals After Repeated Refusals 10/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has appealed to Israel to permit it to deliver more medical supplies to Gazan health facilities, particularly in northern Gaza, after Israel refused to allow WHO convoys to travel to the area seven times in the past two weeks. “We call on Israel to approve requests by WHO […] Continue reading -> Mixed Results from India’s Five-Year Campaign to Cut Air Pollution 10/01/2024 Disha Shetty PUNE, India – India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched five years ago and has provided budgets to 131 Indian cities to respond to air pollution. But over half of this money had not been used by the end of 2023, according to the latest figures released by the government, while the programme’s impact […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Variant JN.1: What You Need to Know About its Global Takeover 10/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The JN.1 COVID-19 variant is completing its global takeover, with the number of new cases having increased by 52% during the 28 days leading up to the end of the year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, JN.1 accounts for more than 60% of COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers […] Continue reading -> FDA Chief Warns US Immunity Is ‘At Risk’ as More People Decline Vaccinations 09/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The rising number of US citizens declining vaccinations is threatening population immunity to certain diseases, according to two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders. “The situation has now deteriorated to the point that population immunity against some vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is at risk, and thousands of excess deaths are likely to occur this season […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Consults Scientists Over Pathogens with Pandemic Potential 11/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a series of consultations with the scientific community this week aimed at building consensus about how best to identify and address the pathogens most likely to cause epidemics and pandemics. The first consultation kicked off on Tuesday, with some of the world’s top scientists addressing how to develop a […] Continue reading -> Tedros Appeals to Israel to Allow More Medical Supplies into Gaza Hospitals After Repeated Refusals 10/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has appealed to Israel to permit it to deliver more medical supplies to Gazan health facilities, particularly in northern Gaza, after Israel refused to allow WHO convoys to travel to the area seven times in the past two weeks. “We call on Israel to approve requests by WHO […] Continue reading -> Mixed Results from India’s Five-Year Campaign to Cut Air Pollution 10/01/2024 Disha Shetty PUNE, India – India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched five years ago and has provided budgets to 131 Indian cities to respond to air pollution. But over half of this money had not been used by the end of 2023, according to the latest figures released by the government, while the programme’s impact […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Variant JN.1: What You Need to Know About its Global Takeover 10/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The JN.1 COVID-19 variant is completing its global takeover, with the number of new cases having increased by 52% during the 28 days leading up to the end of the year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, JN.1 accounts for more than 60% of COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers […] Continue reading -> FDA Chief Warns US Immunity Is ‘At Risk’ as More People Decline Vaccinations 09/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The rising number of US citizens declining vaccinations is threatening population immunity to certain diseases, according to two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders. “The situation has now deteriorated to the point that population immunity against some vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is at risk, and thousands of excess deaths are likely to occur this season […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Tedros Appeals to Israel to Allow More Medical Supplies into Gaza Hospitals After Repeated Refusals 10/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has appealed to Israel to permit it to deliver more medical supplies to Gazan health facilities, particularly in northern Gaza, after Israel refused to allow WHO convoys to travel to the area seven times in the past two weeks. “We call on Israel to approve requests by WHO […] Continue reading -> Mixed Results from India’s Five-Year Campaign to Cut Air Pollution 10/01/2024 Disha Shetty PUNE, India – India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched five years ago and has provided budgets to 131 Indian cities to respond to air pollution. But over half of this money had not been used by the end of 2023, according to the latest figures released by the government, while the programme’s impact […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Variant JN.1: What You Need to Know About its Global Takeover 10/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The JN.1 COVID-19 variant is completing its global takeover, with the number of new cases having increased by 52% during the 28 days leading up to the end of the year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, JN.1 accounts for more than 60% of COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers […] Continue reading -> FDA Chief Warns US Immunity Is ‘At Risk’ as More People Decline Vaccinations 09/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The rising number of US citizens declining vaccinations is threatening population immunity to certain diseases, according to two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders. “The situation has now deteriorated to the point that population immunity against some vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is at risk, and thousands of excess deaths are likely to occur this season […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Mixed Results from India’s Five-Year Campaign to Cut Air Pollution 10/01/2024 Disha Shetty PUNE, India – India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) was launched five years ago and has provided budgets to 131 Indian cities to respond to air pollution. But over half of this money had not been used by the end of 2023, according to the latest figures released by the government, while the programme’s impact […] Continue reading -> COVID-19 Variant JN.1: What You Need to Know About its Global Takeover 10/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The JN.1 COVID-19 variant is completing its global takeover, with the number of new cases having increased by 52% during the 28 days leading up to the end of the year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, JN.1 accounts for more than 60% of COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers […] Continue reading -> FDA Chief Warns US Immunity Is ‘At Risk’ as More People Decline Vaccinations 09/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The rising number of US citizens declining vaccinations is threatening population immunity to certain diseases, according to two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders. “The situation has now deteriorated to the point that population immunity against some vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is at risk, and thousands of excess deaths are likely to occur this season […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
COVID-19 Variant JN.1: What You Need to Know About its Global Takeover 10/01/2024 Maayan Hoffman The JN.1 COVID-19 variant is completing its global takeover, with the number of new cases having increased by 52% during the 28 days leading up to the end of the year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In the United States, JN.1 accounts for more than 60% of COVID-19 cases, according to the Centers […] Continue reading -> FDA Chief Warns US Immunity Is ‘At Risk’ as More People Decline Vaccinations 09/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The rising number of US citizens declining vaccinations is threatening population immunity to certain diseases, according to two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders. “The situation has now deteriorated to the point that population immunity against some vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is at risk, and thousands of excess deaths are likely to occur this season […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
FDA Chief Warns US Immunity Is ‘At Risk’ as More People Decline Vaccinations 09/01/2024 Kerry Cullinan The rising number of US citizens declining vaccinations is threatening population immunity to certain diseases, according to two US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) leaders. “The situation has now deteriorated to the point that population immunity against some vaccine-preventable infectious diseases is at risk, and thousands of excess deaths are likely to occur this season […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts