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EU Regulators Back WHO’s Covid Vaccine Update Recommendation
Date: June 6, 2023
EU regulators back WHO’s COVID vaccine update recommendation (Reuters) -Europe’s medicine regulators on Tuesday backed the World Health Organization’s recommendation to update the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines to target one of the currently dominant XBB variants ahead of the upcoming autumn vaccination campaign. Advisory groups related to the WHO suggested that, while waiting for...
Don’t Delay Reforms to Prepare for Next Pandemic -WHO Chief
Date: May 22, 2023
Don’t delay reforms to prepare for next pandemic -WHO chief By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization urged countries on Monday to carry out reforms needed to prepare for the next pandemic, hailing their “historic” decision to accept a major budget hike at the U.N. agency’s annual assembly. Speaking...
WHO Declares End to Covid Global Health Emergency
Date: May 8, 2023
By Jennifer Rigby and Bhanvi Satija LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on Friday more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the virus that killed more than 6.9 million people along with other infectious diseases. The global health agency’s Emergency Committee...
WHO Declares End to Covid Global Health Emergency
Date: May 5, 2023
WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -COVID-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities. The WHO’s Emergency...
China Records World’s First Human Death From H3N8 Bird Flu -WHO
Date: April 12, 2023
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese woman has become the first person to die from a type of bird flu that is rare in humans, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, but the strain does not appear to spread between people. The 56-year-old woman from the southern province of Guangdong was the third person known to...
British Doctors’ Strikes Risk Patient Safety, Minister Says
Date: April 11, 2023
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s health minister warned patients’ safety is at risk as junior doctors began four days of strikes on Tuesday that are likely to cause unprecedented disruption. Tens of thousands of junior doctors planned to walk out demanding pay rises better aligned with inflation, meaning many operations and other non-emergency appointments would be...