Disease
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Italy announces first case of new Covid variant
Nov 28, 2021Italy on Saturday said it had detected its first case of the new Omicron strain of Covid-19 in a traveler from Mozambique. A top laboratory “sequenced the genome from the positive sample of a patient coming... -
Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday
Oct 2, 2021Worldwide deaths related to COVID-19 surpassed 5 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, with unvaccinated people particularly exposed to the virulent Delta strain. The variant has exposed the wide disparities in vaccination rates between... -
The spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 threatens the fragile recovery of U.S. restaurants
Aug 31, 2021The spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 threatens the fragile recovery of U.S. restaurants, according to a report on Tuesday from the National Restaurant Association. Nearly one in five adults surveyed online from August 13-15... -
Wuhan COVID-19 study finds some hospitalized patients still have health problems after one year
Aug 27, 2021Most symptoms of COVID-19 in hospitalised patients are resolved within 12 months, however, around one half still experience at least one persistent symptom, a study of 1,276 patients from Wuhan, China, published in The Lancet, has... -
Poverty, conflict and displacement leave children at risk from renewed Bubonic plague outbreaks in Ituri region of eastern DRC
Aug 26, 2021UNICEF is increasingly concerned about the impact on children of a resurgence of Bubonic plague in the eastern province of Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. New research, supported by UNICEF, in three health... -
Number of people living with hypertension doubled worldwide over past 30 years to more than 1.2 billion
Aug 26, 2021Over the past 30 years, the number of adults (aged 30-79 years) living with hypertension worldwide has doubled—rising from an estimated 331 million women and 317 million men in 1990, to 626 million women and 652... -
WHO says confident China will cooperate on Covid origins probe
Aug 20, 2021The World Health Organization said Wednesday that it remains convinced that China would participate in the investigation, only days after Beijing rejected calls for a new investigation into the origins of Covid-19. Since it first erupted... -
Alcohol consumption linked to more than 740,000 new cancer cases in 2020, a global study estimates
Jul 16, 2021Four percent of newly diagnosed cancer cases in 2020 may by associated with drinking alcohol, according to a global study published in The Lancet Oncology, leading its authors to call for greater public awareness of the... -
Inadequate sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 variants impedes global response to COVID-19
Jul 16, 2021The lack of sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 variants by the U.S. and other countries is imperiling the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, argues Dana Crawford of Case Western Reserve University in a new Viewpoint published July... -
Pfizer pushes for third shot as Delta drives global outbreaks
Jul 9, 2021Pfizer and BioNTech said they would seek approval for a third dosage of their Covid-19 vaccine to increase its efficacy, as the Delta form has caused disastrous epidemics across Asia, notably in Thailand, where new restrictions...
