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The two hospitals in Southern Gaza are barely functioning
The World Health Organization said that 14 people were evacuated from a UN mission at the second-largest hospital in Gaza, the World Health Organization said. The UN added that negotiations were continuing with the Israeli military to allow the patients to be evacuated. Israel ordered two neighbourhoods of Gaza City to leave on Tuesday due…
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More Palestinians are trying to flee south because of Israel’s offensive in Gaza
The World Health Organization said that Israel has notified it of the need to “remove our supplies from our medical warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours, as ground operations will put it beyond use”. This comes after the WHO’s Director-General said that Israel’s military had notified it of the need to “remove our supplies…
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The UN team found a “death zone” when they entered the hospital
A joint United Nations humanitarian assessment team, led by the World Health Organization, has gained the first outside access to Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital. The team saw first-hand the “dire conditions” at the facility, the groups said. Earlier, Israel released a video it said proves that Hamas was using the hospital as a base of operations.
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RememberingRosalynn Carter is the first briefings of the day
A UN team on Saturday entered Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital after the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of 2,500 people sheltering at the facility amid the conflict with Hamas. The team saw medical and solid waste in the hospital’s corridors, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. This is the first time the UN team has been…
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The situation in Gaza hospitals is intolerable
The World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said that with the forced evacuations and ongoing military bombardment from Israel, Gaza’s medical system is “on its knees” and “without fortifications”. He added that the situation in the Palestinian territories is “terrible”, stating that hundreds of patients are trapped and 14,000 people are sheltering at Al-Quds Hospital.
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Officials say a deal has been reached to open the Gaza aid corridor
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it’s working with Palestine Red Crescent societies to deliver supplies into Gaza “as soon as the border crossing is opened, hopefully tomorrow”. This comes after US President Joe Biden said that Israel will allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began…
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The Texas judge’s abortion ruling could hurt Republicans
A US judge has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion-inducing medication mifepristone is invalid. “The court has concluded that the [FDA’s] approval of mifepristone isn’t consistent with the science,” the judge said. The FDA had approved the two-drug regimen to end pregnancies up to 10 weeks gestational age, but the…
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Firework supernova remnant is unlike any other remnant seen before
Scientists have found the Higgs Boson, a theorized particle that gives mass to the universe, in Kyrgyzstan. The research was conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO)-led International Centre for Standard Physique (ISPPP) and the US’ Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). “I am delighted to report that the Higgs Boson was discovered in Kyrgyzstan,” UN chief…
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Covid-19 has begun to rise, as the Flu and RSV hit hard and early
The World Health Organization has said COVID-19 is not a public health emergency. It added that it did not declare the pandemic a public health emergency. “No COVID-19 epidemic is not a Public Health Emergency,” it further said. The WHO has released a draft treaty for ensuring vaccines, drugs and diagnostics are more equitable around…
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It’s unacceptable that the number of mothers who die due to their babies being born is high
The prevalence of maternal deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 70% in 2020, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). At least one woman died for every 100 babies born in Chad, Nigeria and South Sudan. “That makes it difficult for low income countries to…
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As the death toll climbs, search teams try to find survivors
World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday said that the recent earthquake in northern Syria has been termed as “the disaster of the century”. Ghebreyesus said, “This is the first earthquake of the century in the world and it is a major problem for us.” The death toll in the earthquake rose…
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Hidden harms of indoor air pollution can be exposed with five steps
The World Health Organization has warned that indoor air pollution kills over 3 million people every year across the world and accounts for more than half of all deaths from heart disease, stroke and respiratory diseases. The WHO added it is essential that decarbonization, building improvement and gains in indoor air quality are delivered equitably…
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The global treaty on climate change needs to be learned from mistakes
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Africa can use COVID-19 vaccines to control diseases that are spreading on it. He added that African countries can identify other aspects of value chain where they can start contributing immediately. He also said that COVID-19’s designation as a global emergency will end in 2023.
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The Christmas season will be a hard time for a prosperous city in Hungary.
The Hungarian government has been criticised for not doing enough to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the UK-based charity World Health Organization (WHO). It said that Hungary had allowed the virus to spread through its population, adding that the country was the only country in Central Europe that did not do…
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A VA study shows Paxlovid may help prevent long COVID.
The World Health Organization’s COVID-19 response technical lead for Europe, Maria Van Kerkhove, has said that the largemix of new variants was becoming more difficult for WHO to assess because countries were dialing back on their surveillance. The variants accounted for almost one in three new COVID-19 infections nationwide last week, according to the latest…
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People who helped shape science in the 20th century.
Climate scientist and monkeypox watchman Svitlana Krakovska has been appointed as the chair of the World Health Organization’s International Advisory Group on Vaccination against COVID-19. She is a former director of the World Health Organization’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention. She has previously served as the chairman of the US Centers for Disease Control…
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It’s yes to masks and no to mandates as Covid cases rise.
US’ head of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Rochelle Walensky, has said, “The most protection against the triple threat is to get an annual flu shot.” She added, “If you have any symptoms and you’re not feeling well, we will ask you to stay home.” According to the World Health Organization, there are currently…