The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged governments in the Western Pacific region to stop subsidizing tobacco farming and support sustainable crops that could feed millions instead, according to a statement released by the [Read More]
Israeli researchers discovered a mechanism in the brains of Alzheimer’s female patients that leads to rapid cognitive deterioration, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) said in recent statement. The finding provides the first molecular explanation [Read More]
Israel has found mosquitoes carrying the deadly West Nile virus in its southern region, the country’s health and environmental protection ministries said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The mosquitoes were found during routine sampling [Read More]
A team of Israeli researchers has discovered “a clear link” between high levels of nitric oxide in the brain and autism, according to a study published in the journal Advanced Science. The findings could lead [Read More]
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has warned of the ongoing cholera outbreak in southeastern Ethiopia. Figures from the UNOCHA show that some 100,000 people were previously vaccinated, while a [Read More]
COVID-19 is no longer considered a public health emergency of international concern in Botswana. This comes against the backdrop of declining COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in Botswana and globally. Botswana reports new Omicron [Read More]
The increasing cases of certain kinds of antibiotics-resistant E. coli bacteria represent a new threat to the countries of the European Union (EU)/the European Economic Area (EEA), the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control [Read More]
Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Health said on Sunday that measles cases in the country have risen to 4677, with 18 deaths recorded. “The epidemiological situation of measles is becoming worrisome. A situation explained by inadequate [Read More]
Israel decided to cancel the mandatory quarantine for COVID-19 patients, according to a statement issued by the country’s Ministry of Health on Sunday. The ease will take effect on Tuesday, ending the over three-year quarantine [Read More]
Sri Lanka’s Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has told parliament that there is a shortage of over 100 types of drugs used in government hospitals. Rambukwella said that 1,347 types of medicines are being used in [Read More]
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