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Meghalaya's Byrnihat Surpasses Delhi to Become the World's Most Polluted City in 2024

Byrnihat, on the Assam-Meghalaya border, is the world's most polluted city in 2024, surpassing Delhi. Unchecked emissions and poor planning fuel the crisis.

Mpox outbreaks chronology: From initial cases to WHO’s latest health emergency

Mpox viral disease has a long and complex history that highlights its evolving threat to public health. Here is a timeline of the virus outbreaks.

WHO to set up mRNA vaccine hub in Hyderabad: Telangana Minister KTR

KTR had said earlier in January that the World Health Organization is keen to set up a hub in Hyderabad

China defends its COVID-19 response after WHO, Joe Biden express concern

The WHO's emergencies director, Mike Ryan, said on Wednesday in some of the U.N. health agency's most critical remarks to date, that Chinese officials were under-representing data on several fronts.

Chinese officials discuss COVID-19 situation with WHO experts after Tedros criticism

The Chinese officials and World Health Organisation experts exchanged views on the current COVID-19 situation, treatment, and vaccinations, China's National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement.

We need to be prepared for new COVID-19 waves: WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan

There is mounting evidence that suggests that Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 are infecting people who have been vaccinated.

WHO warns COVID-19 pandemic 'nowhere near over'

The WHO's Covid-19 emergency committee met Friday via video conference and determined the pandemic remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern -- the highest alarm the WHO can sound.

At World Health Assembly, India reiterates disappointment over WHO report on excess COVID-19 mortality

The seven-day event in Geneva is the first health assembly being held in-person since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic

CCHFW passes resolution terming WHO's modelling for India's Covid death estimate flawed

India has been consistently objecting to the methodology adopted by the WHO to project excess mortality estimates based on mathematical models, the health ministry said in a statement.

1 child has died in mystery liver disease outbreak, says WHO

The U.N. health agency said late Saturday that it has so far received reports of at least 169 cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin from a dozen countries.

Citing WHO data, Centre says India has ‘lowest’ 374 COVID-19 deaths per million population

As per available with the World Health Organisation, India has one of the lowest deaths per million at 374 deaths (per million population), which is much lower compared to similarly affected countries like the United States of America (2,920 deaths per million population), Brazil (3,092 deaths per million population), Russia (2,506 deaths per million population) and Mexico (2,498 deaths per million population).

Omicron: Urgent need to scale-up public health, social measures to curtail spread, says WHO

Countries can and must prevent the spread of Omicron with proven health and social measures, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia Region, Poonam Khetrapal Singh said.

WHO advises against use of survivors' plasma to treat COVID-19

The guidance against the use of convalescent plasma, a component of blood that is rich in antibodies, was published in the British Medical Journal based on results from 16 trials involving more than 16,000 patients with varying degrees of coronavirus infection, WHO said.

New COVID-19 Variant: WHO advises countries not to impose blanket travel bans over Omicron

Blanket travel bans will not prevent the international spread, and they place a heavy burden on lives and livelihoods, said the World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO designates new COVID-19 strain as Variant of Concern, names it 'Omicron'

The COVID-19 variant, first reported to WHO from South Africa on November 24, has also been identified in Botswana, Belgium, Hong Kong and Israel.

Fully-vaccinated must wear masks, maintain distance to avoid COVID-19: WHO

The World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said many vaccinated people were wrongly thinking the jab meant they no longer needed to take any other precautions.

‘A Scandal’: WHO Says World’s Rate of Booster Shots Outstrips Poorer Countries’ Vaccinations

Six times more booster shots of coronavirus vaccine are being administered around the world daily than primary doses in low-income countries, the director-general of the World Health Organization said on Friday, calling the disparity “a scandal that must stop now.”

WHO wants more experts to study COVID-19 origins; applications end Nov 3

Seeking experts to join the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), the WHO said: “WHO is re-opening the call for applications for three additional days to encourage additional applications from the fields of social science/anthropology/ethics/political science and biosafety/biosecurity.”

COVID-19 vaccine | Bharat Biotech has been submitting data regularly, very quickly: WHO on Covaxin EUL

The World Health Organization said on emergency use listing (EUL) of Covaxin: "... We are right now at the last stage of the assessment by this external advisory group, and we hope to have a final recommendation to the WHO next week. I hope that is well understood.”