Health

Australia has seen a rapid rise in mpox cases in the past three months, with one health expert concerned that low vaccination rates could be driving a spike outside cities. So far this year, 737 cases...

The Gavi vaccination alliance claims that the world is now in a far better placed to combat the mpox epidemic that is currently raging in Africa thanks to the lessons gained from the Covid pandemic. Gavi...

The WHO issued a warning on Tuesday about how floods brought on by climate change is making snake bites—which kill tens of thousands of people annually—worse in certain countries where access to antivenoms is limited. Up...

School-age children between 5 and 19 years old now account for 33 per cent of mpox cases in Burundi, presenting a new challenge as families prepare for the upcoming school year. “The rising number of mpox...

Urgent blood samples taken from patients will be sent for testing by drone to avoid London traffic in a UK first, a hospital in the British capital said on Tuesday. The six-month trial set to begin...

India reported Sunday that it had put a  “suspected mpox case” into isolation, assuring that the world’s most populous  nation had “robust measures” in place, the health ministry said in a  statement. There have been no...

The World Health Organization announced on Wednesday that the number of cholera cases and fatalities experienced a significant increase in the previous year. The organization emphasized the need for additional measures to be taken to combat...

An animal study that was published in the journal Cell on Wednesday shows that an experimental Moderna mRNA vaccine for mpox has proven to be more effective than existing vaccinations in lowering the symptoms and duration...

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has expressed its optimism about controlling mosquito-borne disease Dengue by conducting regular and special programmes. “We are hopeful to check Dengue under the DSCC areas in a successful manner by...

More than 800,000 children and 120,000 pregnant women will be vaccinated in a nationwide campaign launched on Monday by the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) with UNICEF support. The vaccination campaign will...