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Covid-19 and flu coinfection rising in India, WHO warns it may escalate in the winters
Coinfection cases of Covid-19 and flu are likely to see an upward trend in the upcoming winter, say…
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WHO warns future waves of Covid-19 infection as deaths drop
According to the WHO, during the week of September 5-11, the number of new weekly cases worldw…
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No change in transmissibility of Omicron BA.4, BA.5, or Omicron BA.6: WHO
While there have been a few cases of new Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, so far there is no cha…
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Omicron is not common cold and should not be taken lightly, says WHO
The four most common symptoms of the Omicron variant are cough, fatigue, congestion and runny no…
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Delta the 'most transmissible' of variants identified so far, spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations, says WHO chief
"I know that globally there is currently a lot of concern about the Delta variant, and the WHO i…
PTI
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2 reasons China's mysterious respiratory illness outbreak isn't the new COVID, according to the WHO
Parts of China have seen a surge in respiratory illnesses in children. But health officials said co…
Kim Schewitz
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Top WHO official laments abuse, death threats against scientists: 'Being a younger female, I'm an easy target'
Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's technical lead for COVID-19, said she's "still trying to wrap my head aro…
Aria Bendix
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Omicron BA.4, BA.5 sub-variants found in over a dozen countries: WHO
According to WHO's technical lead on Covid Maria Van Kerkhove, at least 16 countries have report…
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Covid global health emergency hopefully ends next year: WHO chief
Addressing a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that…
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WHO: Don't try to catch Omicron deliberately — it can be 'dangerous' not 'mild'
People could die, spread the virus to others and the long-term effects are unknown, Dr. Maria Van K…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Monkeypox spreading through sexual contact among men, but not a sexually transmitted infection: World Health Organisation
First reported on May 7 in the UK, monkeypox has rapidly spread to over a dozen countries, where th…
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The WHO says rich countries should hold off booster shots until every nation has vaccinated 10% of its population. These 43 countries are short of that mark.
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that unequal vaccine distribution was "prolonging the pa…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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The coronavirus variant first found in India is a global health threat, the World Health Organization says
Maria Van Kerkhove, the technical lead for COVID-19 at WHO, said the agency planned to release more…
Connor Perrett,Madison Hall
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The World Health Organization urges people to stop playing fast and loose with the pandemic as coronavirus cases and deaths soar
WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove says the US had 4.4 million new COVID-19 cases last week, com…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Fauci says early data on the Omicron variant is 'encouraging,' but we don't yet truly know how deadly it is
The top US medical doctor said that so far there didn't seem a "great degree of severity" to Omicro…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Dow falls 700 points as new coronavirus variant threatens to derail global economic recovery
Travel-related stocks sold off sharply, while shares of vaccine makers and stay-at-home stock plays…
Carla Mozée
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'We're getting further away from the end than we should be': Public health experts warn the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over
Experts are concerned as cases are on the rise across all 50 states, especially those with low vacc…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant found in the UK connected to 'travel to southern Africa,' official says
The cases of the variant were linked and were connected to 'travel to southern Africa,' the secreta…
Connor Perrett
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Cruise and airline stocks sell off as global health officials track new coronavirus variant with 'large number of mutations'
"What we do know is that this variant has a large number of mutations," said a WHO official about t…
Carla Mozée
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Officials at the WHO called the new variant Omicron because 'Nu' sounded too close to 'new'
They also skipped "Xi" because it is a common name, a spokesperson for the World Health Organizatio…