WHO declares end to mpox public health emergency | World Health Organization News
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the decision was prompted by falling case numbers worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO)
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WHO officially launches mRNA vaccine tech hub in Cape Town | Health News
Global pharmaceutical firms, including Moderna and Pfizer, had declined to provide the technical know-how to replicate their vaccines in Africa.
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Ghana becomes first country to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine | Health News
For years, scientists have been trying to develop vaccines for the disease which kills more than 600,000 people annually –
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China reports first human death due to H3N8 bird flu | World Health Organization News
The WHO says the woman, who died in March, probably contracted the virus at a live poultry market and the
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COVID-19: WHO says no extra booster needed for medium-risk adults | Health News
WHO recommends primary doses and a first booster in healthy adults, children and adolescents with comorbidities. The World Health Organization
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Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases: WHO | World Health Organization News
Recent cases of Marburg disease have also been reported in Cameroon and Tanzania, according to the WHO. Eight new confirmed
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Five dead as Tanzania detects first-ever Marburg virus outbreak | Health News
Three of the eight confirmed cases are receiving treatment even as 161 contacts are being monitored, according to the WHO.
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Three years later, what we know: How did COVID start? | Coronavirus pandemic
Three years after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, questions linger about the origins
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US legislators approve COVID origins intel declassification | Coronavirus pandemic News
Unanimous House vote sends bill to declassify US intelligence info related to COVID origins to US President Joe Biden. The
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WHO urges countries to reveal intelligence on COVID-19 origins | Coronavirus pandemic News
The World Health Organization has urged all countries to reveal what they know about the origins of COVID-19 following claims
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