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Children, teens aren’t doing enough physical activity- new study sounds a health warning
Physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. It’s also associated with chronic illness and disability. Recent research estimates that the world could see close to half a billion new cases of major […]
‘Isolate for 10 days’: WHO issues fresh
Covid-19 guidelines Covid-19 continues to spread en masse in several coutnries across the globe. While the scare of another probably pandemic wave has not died down, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued new guidelines […]
India’s first monkeypox case reported in Kerala, govt rushes high-level team
Thiruvananthapuram (TIP)- A man who returned from the UAE has tested positive for monkeypox in Kerala, state Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday, July 14. He landed at the Thiruvananthapuram airport on Tuesday and […]
Reforming WHO
More needs to be done to enhance WHO’s ability to respond to disease outbreaks In the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again brought up the much-discussed issue of reforming […]
Omicron surge could differ per country: WHO
Top World Health Organization official says low hospitalization and death rates in South Africa due to the omicron variant cannot be considered a template for how the variant will fare as it surges in other […]
WHO warns of ‘tsunami of cases’ with more omicron and delta cases
The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that the more transmissible Omicron together with the currently circulating Delta variants might lead to “a tsunami of cases,” putting immense pressure on national health systems. Recapping WHO’s […]
US to lift all travel restrictions for incoming foreign nationals from November 8: White House
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The US will lift all travel restrictions for incoming non-citizen, non-immigrant travelers from November 8, with only limited exceptions, and they will be required to be fully vaccinated and produce proof of […]
Delta variant now reported in 135 countries, global Covid-19 cases could exceed 200 million by next week: WHO
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The highly transmissible Delta variant of Covid-19 has now been reported in 135 countries, according to the World Health Organisation which said the cumulative number of coronavirus cases reported globally could exceed […]
‘Early stages’ of Covid-19 third wave, amid Delta surge: WHO
The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic is now in the “early stages” of the third wave, warned World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday, even as he sounded a fresh alarm over a […]
WHO says 47 African countries could miss vax target
Nairobi (TIP): Nine out of ten African countries could miss the target of vaccinating 10 per cent of their population against Covid-19 by September, dimming hopes of containing the pandemic in the continent, a World […]
High risk of autumn Covid surge in Europe
ovid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are falling fast across Europe, but the risk of a deadly autumn resurgence remains high as societies open up and the more transmissible Delta variant advances, the World Health Organization […]
“Hansel and Gretel breadcrumbs for the Intel Investigation on Covid Origins”
Applaud POTUS Biden – now a Bipartisan Investigation. “I heartily welcome and celebrate President Biden’s command to our intelligence community to investigate the origin of Covid19. Roots are important not only to Alex Haley, but […]
Shortfall of 190 million doses by June as Covid surge in India affected supply: Covax
United Nations (TIP): The “terrible” surge of the coronavirus cases in India has severely impacted Covax’s vaccine supply in the second quarter of this year to the extent that there will be a shortfall of […]
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN
Compensation Is Due from China; and If We Were Pearl Harbored, Then Reparations too- Ravi Batra New York based attorney Ravi Batra, on 14thApril 2020 wrote an open letter to then President Trump making out […]
Bill Gates says world should be back to normal by end-2022 due to vaccines: Polish media
WARSAW (TIP): The world should be back to normal by the end of 2022 thanks to COVID-19 vaccines, Bill Gates said in an interview for Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and television broadcaster TVN24, says a […]
WHO warns against premature easing of curbs
Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for Europe, has warned countries against premature easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Kluge’s warning on Thursday, March 18, came as the region has been witnessing a rise […]
Debilitating ‘long-COVID’ may have severe health, social impacts: WHO
London (TIP): Thousands of COVID-19 patients continue to suffer serious, debilitating and lingering symptoms many months after their initial bout of infection, with major social, health and economic consequences, European health experts said on Thursday, […]
Biden orders US to rejoin WHO; UN chief welcomes re-engagement
Trump had cut off US funding to the WHO, saying it was “virtually controlled by China.” WASHINGTON / UNITED NATIONS(TIP): The US rejoined the World Health Organisation (WHO) in one of the first official orders […]
Heart disease now killing more people than ever before: WHO
Heart disease, which has remained the leading cause of death at the global level for the last 20 years, is now killing more people than ever before, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO […]
On Ravi Batra’s article ‘Can the United States Renege on the Payment Due to the WHO?’
Dear Indrajit, I found it very interesting to read Ravi Batra’s legitimate complaint against the Government of China in his article ‘Can the United States Renege on the Payment Due to the WHO?’, published in […]
Indian American Congressman lashes out at Trump for withdrawing from WHO
Parminder Aujla SACRAMENTO (TIP): Indian origin Rep. Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation heavily criticized President Trump after he formally withdrew the United States […]