The draft WHO Pandemic Agreement is a landmark deal
After nearly three-and-a-half years and 13 rounds of meetings, member-states of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on measures to
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WHO’s database on polio cases hides more than it reveals
Besides wild poliovirus cases, the WHO registry has data of only the circulating VDPV cases and not the cases that belong
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Staying alert: On the rapidly increasing spread of the JN.1 variant
The rapidly increasing spread of the JN.1 variant across the globe has led to the prevalence of this variant, a descendent of
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WHO has not abandoned COVID-19 origin investigation
Two years after the WHO’s visit to China to investigate the origin of COVID-19, the WHO has “abandoned” the second phase of the investigation
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Does Covaxin have WHO’s approval for use in children?
While clearly stating that teenagers aged 15 years or more (all those whose birth year is 2007 or before) will
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Does the Omicron variant make a case for COVID-19 booster doses?
At a recent meeting, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation maintained that it was not recommending a booster dose
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Explained: Probing the origin of SARS-CoV-2 virus
As per WHO, the field visits included the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Huanan market, Wuhan CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Why working alongside China to uncover the virus’s origin is important
Knowing the natural reservoirs and intermediate hosts and the events that permitted the virus to jump across the species barrier
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No evidence to suggest cluster 5 variant increases coronavirus transmissibility, disease severity
So far, six countries — Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Italy and the U.S. — have reported SARS-CoV-2 in farmed
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India’s potential participation in COVAX advance market commitment is under way: Trevor Mundel
Trevor Mundel, President of the Global Health Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has led the foundation’s efforts to support
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Confusion reigns as CDC takes down guidance that confirmed aerosol transmission
A draft of the proposed changes to its recommendations, which was later withdrawn pending finalisation, the CDC confirmed that airborne particles can spread even by breathing, remain suspended in air and be inhaled and spread beyond six feet in certain enclosed settings.
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Viable coronaviruses collected from air more than six feet strengthens aerosol transmission
Researchers have been able to isolate virus from air samples collected 2 to 4.8 metres away from the patients.
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With coronavirus cases continuing to rise, it’s too early to open gyms
The government has permitted gyms to open from August 5 at a time when daily fresh coronavirus cases in India
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