New Study Highlights Links Between Huanan Seafood Market and Initial SARS-CoV2 Outbreak 28/07/2022 Raisa Santos The Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, was the epicenter of the early outbreaks of SARS-CoV2, a new, peer-reviewed study asserts, following its examination of early COVID-19 cases in the region and environmental samples originating from the market. The study, published by Science Magazine, reinforces the theory that the emergence of SARS-COV2 occurred via […] Continue reading -> World Needs 180,000 – 360,000 Monkeypox Vaccine Doses For People Exposed – Up to 10 million for High Risk Groups 27/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher About 10% of people with Monkeypox require hospitalization and children are at the highest risk of severe disease, says WHO. Meanwhile, there are only about 1 million doses of the EMA and US FDA-approved MVA-BN vaccine readily available today across the globe – but that vaccine is also untested against monkeypox at large scale. The […] Continue reading -> Oldest Patient ‘Cured’ of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant 27/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – A fourth person has been “cured” of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukaemia at the City of Hope Hospital in the US. The 66-year-old man, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, has been in remission 17 months after stopping antiretroviral therapy (ART) following a stem cell transplant for leukaemia. […] Continue reading -> After Battling AIDS and Cancer, Kwenda Champions Integrated NCDs & HIV Patient Care 27/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Sally Agallo Kwenda’s first baby only lived for two days. She fell pregnant again almost immediately but her second son was born prematurely and died soon afterwards. Shortly after his death, she learnt that she had AIDS. Some years later, after struggling with depression and grief, Kwenda was diagnosed with stage two cervical cancer – […] Continue reading -> WHO’s European Region, The Monkeypox ‘Hotspot’, Asks Countries to ‘Act with Urgency’ 26/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, has asked the 53 countries in the WHO region to “act with urgency” in halting the Monkeypox emergency that has hit the region hardest – noting that “vaccines alone won’t end the outbreak”. Kluge’s statement Tuesday followed Saturday’s declaration by WHO of a global public health emergency over […] Continue reading -> South Sudan – World’s First Vaccination Campaign to Control Hepatitis E Outbreak 26/07/2022 Raisa Santos In a global first – over 25,000 people in South Sudan have been vaccinated in the world’s first mass vaccination campaign to contain an outbreak of hepatitis E, a disease especially fatal for pregnant women. The outbreak occurred in Bentiu, the largest internally displaced persons camp in South Sudan. Outbreaks of hepatitis E have been […] Continue reading -> Thanks to COVID-19, Alarm Grows Over Drug Resistant Infections 26/07/2022 Catherine Davison, via The New Humanitarian (DELHI, India via The New Humanitarian) – As medical professionals across the globe grappled with COVID-19 infections, microbiologist Dr. Bhavani Eshwaragari was confronting a quieter – though no less dangerous – pandemic. Reviewing patient samples in her laboratory in Continental Hospital in the southern India city of Hyderabad, she began to notice an alarming trend […] Continue reading -> Acute Childhood Hepatitis Cases – Scottish Researchers May Have Unraveled Mystery 25/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The mystery around the rash of acute, serious hepatitis cases that have afflicted over 1000 children under the age of 16 may have been unravelled by a group of Scottish researchers who say that the interaction of two common adenoviruses, or related herpes viruses, may have caused the condition in genetically susceptible children who failed […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 23/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has declared a new global public health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 16,000 people in over 75 countries and territories – in what some public health experts described as a “bold decision” by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overriding a divided group of expert advisors. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Needs 180,000 – 360,000 Monkeypox Vaccine Doses For People Exposed – Up to 10 million for High Risk Groups 27/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher About 10% of people with Monkeypox require hospitalization and children are at the highest risk of severe disease, says WHO. Meanwhile, there are only about 1 million doses of the EMA and US FDA-approved MVA-BN vaccine readily available today across the globe – but that vaccine is also untested against monkeypox at large scale. The […] Continue reading -> Oldest Patient ‘Cured’ of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant 27/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – A fourth person has been “cured” of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukaemia at the City of Hope Hospital in the US. The 66-year-old man, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, has been in remission 17 months after stopping antiretroviral therapy (ART) following a stem cell transplant for leukaemia. […] Continue reading -> After Battling AIDS and Cancer, Kwenda Champions Integrated NCDs & HIV Patient Care 27/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Sally Agallo Kwenda’s first baby only lived for two days. She fell pregnant again almost immediately but her second son was born prematurely and died soon afterwards. Shortly after his death, she learnt that she had AIDS. Some years later, after struggling with depression and grief, Kwenda was diagnosed with stage two cervical cancer – […] Continue reading -> WHO’s European Region, The Monkeypox ‘Hotspot’, Asks Countries to ‘Act with Urgency’ 26/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, has asked the 53 countries in the WHO region to “act with urgency” in halting the Monkeypox emergency that has hit the region hardest – noting that “vaccines alone won’t end the outbreak”. Kluge’s statement Tuesday followed Saturday’s declaration by WHO of a global public health emergency over […] Continue reading -> South Sudan – World’s First Vaccination Campaign to Control Hepatitis E Outbreak 26/07/2022 Raisa Santos In a global first – over 25,000 people in South Sudan have been vaccinated in the world’s first mass vaccination campaign to contain an outbreak of hepatitis E, a disease especially fatal for pregnant women. The outbreak occurred in Bentiu, the largest internally displaced persons camp in South Sudan. Outbreaks of hepatitis E have been […] Continue reading -> Thanks to COVID-19, Alarm Grows Over Drug Resistant Infections 26/07/2022 Catherine Davison, via The New Humanitarian (DELHI, India via The New Humanitarian) – As medical professionals across the globe grappled with COVID-19 infections, microbiologist Dr. Bhavani Eshwaragari was confronting a quieter – though no less dangerous – pandemic. Reviewing patient samples in her laboratory in Continental Hospital in the southern India city of Hyderabad, she began to notice an alarming trend […] Continue reading -> Acute Childhood Hepatitis Cases – Scottish Researchers May Have Unraveled Mystery 25/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The mystery around the rash of acute, serious hepatitis cases that have afflicted over 1000 children under the age of 16 may have been unravelled by a group of Scottish researchers who say that the interaction of two common adenoviruses, or related herpes viruses, may have caused the condition in genetically susceptible children who failed […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 23/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has declared a new global public health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 16,000 people in over 75 countries and territories – in what some public health experts described as a “bold decision” by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overriding a divided group of expert advisors. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Oldest Patient ‘Cured’ of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant 27/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan MONTREAL – A fourth person has been “cured” of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant for leukaemia at the City of Hope Hospital in the US. The 66-year-old man, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1988, has been in remission 17 months after stopping antiretroviral therapy (ART) following a stem cell transplant for leukaemia. […] Continue reading -> After Battling AIDS and Cancer, Kwenda Champions Integrated NCDs & HIV Patient Care 27/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Sally Agallo Kwenda’s first baby only lived for two days. She fell pregnant again almost immediately but her second son was born prematurely and died soon afterwards. Shortly after his death, she learnt that she had AIDS. Some years later, after struggling with depression and grief, Kwenda was diagnosed with stage two cervical cancer – […] Continue reading -> WHO’s European Region, The Monkeypox ‘Hotspot’, Asks Countries to ‘Act with Urgency’ 26/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, has asked the 53 countries in the WHO region to “act with urgency” in halting the Monkeypox emergency that has hit the region hardest – noting that “vaccines alone won’t end the outbreak”. Kluge’s statement Tuesday followed Saturday’s declaration by WHO of a global public health emergency over […] Continue reading -> South Sudan – World’s First Vaccination Campaign to Control Hepatitis E Outbreak 26/07/2022 Raisa Santos In a global first – over 25,000 people in South Sudan have been vaccinated in the world’s first mass vaccination campaign to contain an outbreak of hepatitis E, a disease especially fatal for pregnant women. The outbreak occurred in Bentiu, the largest internally displaced persons camp in South Sudan. Outbreaks of hepatitis E have been […] Continue reading -> Thanks to COVID-19, Alarm Grows Over Drug Resistant Infections 26/07/2022 Catherine Davison, via The New Humanitarian (DELHI, India via The New Humanitarian) – As medical professionals across the globe grappled with COVID-19 infections, microbiologist Dr. Bhavani Eshwaragari was confronting a quieter – though no less dangerous – pandemic. Reviewing patient samples in her laboratory in Continental Hospital in the southern India city of Hyderabad, she began to notice an alarming trend […] Continue reading -> Acute Childhood Hepatitis Cases – Scottish Researchers May Have Unraveled Mystery 25/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The mystery around the rash of acute, serious hepatitis cases that have afflicted over 1000 children under the age of 16 may have been unravelled by a group of Scottish researchers who say that the interaction of two common adenoviruses, or related herpes viruses, may have caused the condition in genetically susceptible children who failed […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 23/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has declared a new global public health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 16,000 people in over 75 countries and territories – in what some public health experts described as a “bold decision” by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overriding a divided group of expert advisors. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
After Battling AIDS and Cancer, Kwenda Champions Integrated NCDs & HIV Patient Care 27/07/2022 Kerry Cullinan Sally Agallo Kwenda’s first baby only lived for two days. She fell pregnant again almost immediately but her second son was born prematurely and died soon afterwards. Shortly after his death, she learnt that she had AIDS. Some years later, after struggling with depression and grief, Kwenda was diagnosed with stage two cervical cancer – […] Continue reading -> WHO’s European Region, The Monkeypox ‘Hotspot’, Asks Countries to ‘Act with Urgency’ 26/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, has asked the 53 countries in the WHO region to “act with urgency” in halting the Monkeypox emergency that has hit the region hardest – noting that “vaccines alone won’t end the outbreak”. Kluge’s statement Tuesday followed Saturday’s declaration by WHO of a global public health emergency over […] Continue reading -> South Sudan – World’s First Vaccination Campaign to Control Hepatitis E Outbreak 26/07/2022 Raisa Santos In a global first – over 25,000 people in South Sudan have been vaccinated in the world’s first mass vaccination campaign to contain an outbreak of hepatitis E, a disease especially fatal for pregnant women. The outbreak occurred in Bentiu, the largest internally displaced persons camp in South Sudan. Outbreaks of hepatitis E have been […] Continue reading -> Thanks to COVID-19, Alarm Grows Over Drug Resistant Infections 26/07/2022 Catherine Davison, via The New Humanitarian (DELHI, India via The New Humanitarian) – As medical professionals across the globe grappled with COVID-19 infections, microbiologist Dr. Bhavani Eshwaragari was confronting a quieter – though no less dangerous – pandemic. Reviewing patient samples in her laboratory in Continental Hospital in the southern India city of Hyderabad, she began to notice an alarming trend […] Continue reading -> Acute Childhood Hepatitis Cases – Scottish Researchers May Have Unraveled Mystery 25/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The mystery around the rash of acute, serious hepatitis cases that have afflicted over 1000 children under the age of 16 may have been unravelled by a group of Scottish researchers who say that the interaction of two common adenoviruses, or related herpes viruses, may have caused the condition in genetically susceptible children who failed […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 23/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has declared a new global public health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 16,000 people in over 75 countries and territories – in what some public health experts described as a “bold decision” by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overriding a divided group of expert advisors. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO’s European Region, The Monkeypox ‘Hotspot’, Asks Countries to ‘Act with Urgency’ 26/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO’s Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, has asked the 53 countries in the WHO region to “act with urgency” in halting the Monkeypox emergency that has hit the region hardest – noting that “vaccines alone won’t end the outbreak”. Kluge’s statement Tuesday followed Saturday’s declaration by WHO of a global public health emergency over […] Continue reading -> South Sudan – World’s First Vaccination Campaign to Control Hepatitis E Outbreak 26/07/2022 Raisa Santos In a global first – over 25,000 people in South Sudan have been vaccinated in the world’s first mass vaccination campaign to contain an outbreak of hepatitis E, a disease especially fatal for pregnant women. The outbreak occurred in Bentiu, the largest internally displaced persons camp in South Sudan. Outbreaks of hepatitis E have been […] Continue reading -> Thanks to COVID-19, Alarm Grows Over Drug Resistant Infections 26/07/2022 Catherine Davison, via The New Humanitarian (DELHI, India via The New Humanitarian) – As medical professionals across the globe grappled with COVID-19 infections, microbiologist Dr. Bhavani Eshwaragari was confronting a quieter – though no less dangerous – pandemic. Reviewing patient samples in her laboratory in Continental Hospital in the southern India city of Hyderabad, she began to notice an alarming trend […] Continue reading -> Acute Childhood Hepatitis Cases – Scottish Researchers May Have Unraveled Mystery 25/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The mystery around the rash of acute, serious hepatitis cases that have afflicted over 1000 children under the age of 16 may have been unravelled by a group of Scottish researchers who say that the interaction of two common adenoviruses, or related herpes viruses, may have caused the condition in genetically susceptible children who failed […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 23/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has declared a new global public health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 16,000 people in over 75 countries and territories – in what some public health experts described as a “bold decision” by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overriding a divided group of expert advisors. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
South Sudan – World’s First Vaccination Campaign to Control Hepatitis E Outbreak 26/07/2022 Raisa Santos In a global first – over 25,000 people in South Sudan have been vaccinated in the world’s first mass vaccination campaign to contain an outbreak of hepatitis E, a disease especially fatal for pregnant women. The outbreak occurred in Bentiu, the largest internally displaced persons camp in South Sudan. Outbreaks of hepatitis E have been […] Continue reading -> Thanks to COVID-19, Alarm Grows Over Drug Resistant Infections 26/07/2022 Catherine Davison, via The New Humanitarian (DELHI, India via The New Humanitarian) – As medical professionals across the globe grappled with COVID-19 infections, microbiologist Dr. Bhavani Eshwaragari was confronting a quieter – though no less dangerous – pandemic. Reviewing patient samples in her laboratory in Continental Hospital in the southern India city of Hyderabad, she began to notice an alarming trend […] Continue reading -> Acute Childhood Hepatitis Cases – Scottish Researchers May Have Unraveled Mystery 25/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The mystery around the rash of acute, serious hepatitis cases that have afflicted over 1000 children under the age of 16 may have been unravelled by a group of Scottish researchers who say that the interaction of two common adenoviruses, or related herpes viruses, may have caused the condition in genetically susceptible children who failed […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 23/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has declared a new global public health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 16,000 people in over 75 countries and territories – in what some public health experts described as a “bold decision” by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overriding a divided group of expert advisors. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Thanks to COVID-19, Alarm Grows Over Drug Resistant Infections 26/07/2022 Catherine Davison, via The New Humanitarian (DELHI, India via The New Humanitarian) – As medical professionals across the globe grappled with COVID-19 infections, microbiologist Dr. Bhavani Eshwaragari was confronting a quieter – though no less dangerous – pandemic. Reviewing patient samples in her laboratory in Continental Hospital in the southern India city of Hyderabad, she began to notice an alarming trend […] Continue reading -> Acute Childhood Hepatitis Cases – Scottish Researchers May Have Unraveled Mystery 25/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The mystery around the rash of acute, serious hepatitis cases that have afflicted over 1000 children under the age of 16 may have been unravelled by a group of Scottish researchers who say that the interaction of two common adenoviruses, or related herpes viruses, may have caused the condition in genetically susceptible children who failed […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 23/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has declared a new global public health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 16,000 people in over 75 countries and territories – in what some public health experts described as a “bold decision” by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overriding a divided group of expert advisors. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Acute Childhood Hepatitis Cases – Scottish Researchers May Have Unraveled Mystery 25/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The mystery around the rash of acute, serious hepatitis cases that have afflicted over 1000 children under the age of 16 may have been unravelled by a group of Scottish researchers who say that the interaction of two common adenoviruses, or related herpes viruses, may have caused the condition in genetically susceptible children who failed […] Continue reading -> “Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 23/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has declared a new global public health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 16,000 people in over 75 countries and territories – in what some public health experts described as a “bold decision” by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overriding a divided group of expert advisors. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
“Do One Thing” to Prevent Drowning, Says WHO 25/07/2022 Raisa Santos The World Health Organization has issued a call for people around the world to “do one thing” to prevent drowning, on the occasion of World Drowning Prevention Day. Drowning tragically claims more than 236,000 lives each year, and is one of the leading causes of death globally for young children and young people aged 1 – […] Continue reading -> WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 23/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has declared a new global public health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 16,000 people in over 75 countries and territories – in what some public health experts described as a “bold decision” by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overriding a divided group of expert advisors. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
WHO Declares Global Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Virus Outbreak 23/07/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher WHO has declared a new global public health emergency over the Monkeypox outbreak which has now spread to more than 16,000 people in over 75 countries and territories – in what some public health experts described as a “bold decision” by Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, overriding a divided group of expert advisors. The […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts