EU health commissioner urges reinforced monkeypox … BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s commissioner for health is urging the bloc’s governments to step up their efforts to tackle the expanding monkeypox outbreak in the region, which she says is “the epicenter of detected cases.” In a letter to the EU’s 27 health ministers obtained by The Associated Press, EU Health Commissioner Stella […]
Nonprofits launch $100M plan to support local health … A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in 10 countries, mostly in Africa, by 2030 to support 200,000 community health workers, who serve as a critical bridge to treatment for people with limited access to medical care. The Skoll Foundation and The Johnson & Johnson Foundation announced Monday that they donated a total […]
Dr. Fauci makes final appearance in White House briefing … In his final message from the briefing room, he also urged Americans to get vaccinated and boosted.
WHO, Guinea find at least 4 contacts of Marburg virus … GENEVA (AP) — At least four people have turned up as contacts of a man who died in Guinea from the Ebola-like Marburg virus, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, as staffers deployed in the West African country to help authorities prevent an outbreak. WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib said the case, first reported late Monday, […]
WHO fires director in Asia accused of racist misconduct LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has fired its top official in the Western Pacific after the Associated Press reported last year that dozens of staff members accused him of racist, abusive and unethical behavior that may have compromised the U.N. health agency’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. In an email sent to employees […]
WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that … LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The action reverses a declaration that was first made on January 30, 2020, when the disease had not even been named COVID-19 and when there were no major outbreaks beyond […]
Guinea reports West Africa’s first known Marburg … CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Authorities in West Africa have confirmed the region’s first known case of Marburg virus after at least one person in Guinea died of the hemorrhagic fever disease, the World Health Organization said Monday. Health officials said they were trying to track down everyone who may have come into contact with the […]
PBS documentary on Anthony Fauci chronicles career … “American Masters: Dr. Tony Fauci,” offers a portrait of an unlikely lightning rod: A government infectious disease scientist who advised seven presidents. Fauci hopes it can inspire more public servants like him.
Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere OSUN, Nigeria (AP) — As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease’s spread have long been available, just not to the Africans who have dealt with it for decades. Countries […]
Four people being monitored for Ebola virus in Oregon Officials are monitoring four people who recently visited Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo — two countries that have regions currently experiencing Ebola outbreaks
Africa has peaceful polls in 2022 but hit by coups, … HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Elections, coups, disease outbreaks and extreme weather are some of the main events that occurred across Africa in 2022. Problems brewed thousands of miles away — climate change and the war in Ukraine — have been devastating to the continent, say experts. The climate crisis is hitting Africa “first and hardest,” […]
Panel finds 80 alleged abuse cases tied to WHO’s … BENI, Congo (AP) — Twenty-one workers for the World Health Organization in Congo have been accused of sexually abusing people during a Ebola outbreak, a WHO-commissioned panel said Tuesday in a report that identified 83 alleged perpetrators connected to the 2018-2020 mission. The panel released its findings months after an Associated Press investigationfound senior WHO […]