Geneva – A lot of people get shocked when diagnosed with cancer. Per the World Health Organisation (WHO), cancer is one of the most widespread conditions worldwide. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that in the United States alone, there were around 1,806,590 new cases in 2020. Dany Bell, a specialist advisor on treatment and recovery at Macmillan Cancer Support …
Geneva – World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on countries to prepare for the new Disease X, at the World Economic Forum in Davos so that countries are well prepared before its arrival. Covid-19 took seven million lives in the world but warned that this new pandemic could be deadlier, and has the potential to kill 50 …
ISLAMABAD – World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it will provide assistance to Pakistan in containing monkeypox and has been working and probing the spread of the virus alongside Pakistan’s government. It will assist in the lab testing process, points of entry and providing testing kits.
Delhi – A new strain of Covid has emerged in India that has raised concerns. This strain-Arcturus or Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 – may be 1.2 times more infectious than the previous major sub-variant. The World Health Organisation has been monitoring this strain since 22 March. One additional mutation has been detected in the spike protein that could increase its infectivity …
