World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for next crisis: Red Cross
Shawdesh desk: All countries remain “dangerously unprepared” for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned on Monday, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters. Despite ReadMore
N. Korea locks down capital over ‘respiratory illness’: report
Shawdesh desk: North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital over “respiratory illness”, a report said Wednesday, in what appears to be the first city-wide restrictions since Pyongyang ReadMore
WHO launches Council to develop TB vaccines, hoping to save millions of lives
Shawdesh dEsk: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has unveiled plans to speed up the licensing and use of effective novel vaccines against tuberculosis (TB), ReadMore
Nearly one billion served by healthcare facilities without reliable electricity
Shawdesh Desk: Although electricity is critical to healthcare provision, nearly a billion people in poorer countries – one-eighth of the global population – are served by health facilities that lack ReadMore
UN calls for urgent help to combat acute child malnutrition
Shawdesh Desk: The United Nations called Thursday for urgent funding to help 30 million children suffering from acute malnutrition “before it is too late” in countries being hammered by the ReadMore
Most long Covid symptoms clear up in a year for mild cases: study
Shawdesh Desk: Most symptoms from long Covid clear up within a year for people who had mild initial infections, a large Israel study said Thursday, with the findings welcomed as ReadMore
One dies of Nipah virus in January
Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has recorded one Nipah virus infection case in the new year with the patient dead. The patient was diagnosed with the infection in January 2023, sources said. ReadMore
Dramatic rise in US children ingesting marijuana edibles: study
Shawdesh Desk: The number of American children accidentally ingesting cannabis edibles has jumped nearly 15 times in recent years as more states have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, according ReadMore
