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World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan on Thursday said that some countries may see "another wave of infections" with the XBB subvariant of Omicron. But the Indian clinical scientist also added that till now…
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The Haryana government has shut down the production of cough syrups in Sonipat-based company Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited's plants. The action was taken days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) flagged the deaths of over 60…
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The World Health Organization is yet to provide the exact "one to one causal relation of death" in the Indian cough syrup case, news agency PTI reported quoting official sources after WHO on Wednesday warned against four Indian cough syrups…
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The World Health Organisation (WHO), revising treatment guidelines for Covid-19, has strongly advised against the use of two antibody drugs - sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab. WHO said that these drugs are likely to be ineffective…
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Nasal Covid-19 vaccines could help to bring the Covid-19 pandemic under control, the World Health Organization said Wednesday after homegrown products were approved in India and China. The WHO welcomed the new front in the fight against…
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A senior World Health Organization director has been placed on leave, a spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday, following staff accusations of bullying and other complaints. "The Regional Director for the Western Pacific Region, Dr Takeshi…
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Floods in Pakistan - that have killed over 1,000 people since June and has affected more than 30 million people - have now garnered worldwide attention with experts saying that climate change is happening here and now. WHO chief Tedros…
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The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections and signaling that Europe's outbreak may be starting to decline, the World Health Organization said Thursday.…
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The World Health Organization has been facing hurdles in tracking known and detecting new coronavirus variants amid reduced surveillance, testing and sequencing globally, a top expert has said days after WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom…
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The World Health Organization told AFP on Wednesday that studies are underway to see whether genetic changes in the monkeypox virus are driving the rapid spread of the disease. The two distinct groups, or variants, of the virus, were…
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