Urgent Action Needed To Ban Flavoured Tobacco, Nicotine Products: WHO
New Delhi: Urgent action is needed to ban flavoured tobacco, nicotine products that are increasingly being disguised as safer alternatives ...
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Vietnam’s Health Ministry Urges Hospitals To Prepare For Potential Covid-19 Rise
Hanoi: The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has instructed hospitals across the country to prepare necessary facilities, isolation areas and medical ...
Every 2 Min A Woman Died From Pregnancy And Childbirth In 2023 Globally: UN
New Delhi: A woman died almost every two minutes, or more than 700 women died daily from preventable causes related ...
European Health Authorities Urge Greater WHO Support
Helsinki: Six European national health authorities have called for increased European engagement with the World Health Organization (WHO) in response ...
WHO Study Lists 17 Endemic Pathogens That Urgently Require New Vaccines
New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday released a new study listing 17 endemic pathogens that require vaccines ...
WHO Report Shows Vaccines Can Reduce Antibiotic Use, Fight Resistance
New Delhi: Vaccines are key to preventing infection and thus reducing the use of antibiotics, supporting worldwide efforts to tackle ...
411 Million Adult Tobacco Users In SE Asia, Highest Globally: WHO
New Delhi: The Southeast Asia region, which includes India, has about 411 million adult tobacco users -- the highest globally, ...
Respiratory Infections Surge In Europe: WHO
Copenhagen: A leading World Health Organization (WHO) official has called for vigilance in the face of rising cases of respiratory diseases ...
JN.1 Represents ‘Very Serious Evolution’ Of Covid Virus, Say Global Experts
New Delhi: JN.1, the latest Covid-19 variant from the lineage of Omicron making a fresh surge around the globe, represents ...
WHO Classifies New Covid Strain JN.1 ‘Standalone Variant Of Interest’
Washington: The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the new Covid-19 variant -- JN.1 -- as a "standalone variant of ...
