WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR CongoThe World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency due to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ...
In the shadow of COVID, health officials fight panic over Hantavirus outbreakA hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked public concern. Health officials are working to communicate clearly, drawing lessons fro...
French hantavirus patient is critically ill, on an artificial lung as total cases grow to 11A French woman is critically ill with hantavirus, requiring an artificial lung, as the cruise ship outbreak reaches 11 cases and three deat...
Two more passengers evacuated from cruise ship test positive for hantavirusPassengers from the ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the MV Hondius anchored in the Canary Islands...
Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship begin flying home from Canary IslandsPassengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius are flying home from Tenerife. They are being evacuated by military and governmen...
Unlike Covid-19, hantavirus not known for rapid human transmission, spreads through rodents: ExpertsHantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship with Indian nationals have sparked concerns, but experts declare these infections are confined to ...
India faces no immediate public health threat from hantavirus: NIV chiefTwo Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...
'Strike could trigger nuclear accident, devastate generations': WHO chief warns of disaster risk after Iran strike scareIn a worrying development, Iran's nuclear program has drawn the alarm of the World Health Organization and the International Atomic Energy ...
WHO chief warns of ‘devastating’ long Covid situation, urges immediate actionWHO Secretary General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, asked everyone to continue their efforts to help those still suffering from the ‘deva...
PM Modi hails ASHA workers for ensuring healthy IndiaTaking to Twitter, Prime Minister said, "Delighted that the entire team of ASHA workers have been conferred the WHO Director-General's Glob...
Mansukh Mandaviya meets WHO chief, discusses promoting Ayurveda to further global wellnessGhebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO) is in India for the ground breaking ceremony of the WHO Global Centre for Tr...
WHO board nominates its chief Tedros for re-election in May"The WHO Executive Board #EB150 nominated @DrTedros for WHO Director-General position to be decided at #WHA75 in May 2022," the WHO said in...
WHO board nominates chief Tedros for May re-election"I'd like to congratulate Dr Tedros for your nomination as the DG (director-general) for an additional period of five years, as from 16th A...
WHO experts report says it has 'not yet' found source of coronavirus; calls for further studies"As far as WHO is concerned, all hypotheses remain on the table. This report is a very important beginning, but it is not the end. We have ...
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus unbowed amid attacks, Trump criticismTedros, 55, knows about the punishing sides to both politics and pandemics: A malaria expert with a doctorate in microbiology from the Univ...
Deepika’s Insta Live with WHO chief put on hold due to ‘unavoidable circumstances’ in the wake of massive criticismThe Instagram live chat scheduled to happen today has been put on hold.
Indian doctor Soumya Swaminathan new WHO deputy director-generalThe new WHO leadership team was announced on Tuesday by director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was elected to the post in May.