New York City could bring back mask mandate, vaccine checks
Children are seen walking to school, on the first day of lifting the indoor mask mandate for DOE schools between K through 12, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York,...
Nearly 15 million deaths directly or indirectly linked to COVID-19 |
The figure represents 9.5 million more deaths than those reported so far, directly attributed to COVID-19. The new estimates are the result of close consultation with countries & regions, supported...
Record profits, while COVID treatment often ‘out of reach’ for the poor |
Despite weekly fatalities being at their lowest since March 2020, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists at the weekly briefing in Geneva that “these trends, while welcome, don’t tell...
Better prevention and targeting of root causes needed to combat food crises |
“Acute hunger is soaring to unprecedented levels and the global situation just keeps on getting worse,” said David Beasley, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP). The annual report...
WHO warns of worsening obesity ‘epidemic’ in Europe |
Nearly two thirds of adults, 59 per cent, and almost one in three children – 29 per cent of boys and 27 per cent of girls - is either overweight...
First Person: A plea for the life-saving properties of vaccines |
Dr. Kate O’Brien, Immunization Director at the World Health Organization, devoted her life to immunization after working in a paediatric ward in Haiti, where she saw that a third of...
WHO calls for end to ‘insidious’ online marketing of baby formula |
The study found companies are paying social media platforms and influencers to gain direct access to pregnant women and mothers at some of the most vulnerable moments in their lives,...
Extreme heat impacting millions across India and Pakistan |
The extreme heat is impacting hundreds of millions of people in one of the most densely populated parts of the world, threatening to damage whole ecosystems. Working closely with health...
West Darfur: Health workers, children, among 200 killed in ‘senseless and brutal attacks’ |
Nearly 200 civilians were killed over the past six days alone in renewed clashes between the Arab Rzeigat and African Masalit communities, around the town of Kereneik. Two health facilities...
Learn from the pandemic to strengthen workplace safety: UN labour agency |
Each year, nearly three million workers die due to occupational accidents and diseases, and hundreds of millions more suffer non-fatal injuries at work, the UN agency reported. Almost 3 million...