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Though costlier, they offer coverage for both type I and II diabetes, and to those with high levels of HbA1C

Two linked cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant have been detected in Britain connected to travel to southern Africa, health minister Sajid Javid said on Saturday

Tedros, a former govt minister from Ethiopia, has directed WHO throughout its management of the global response to Covid-19 and withstood occasionally withering criticism over its multiple missteps

What is monkeypox?

The threat of another virus is looming large over Europe. Over 170 cases of monkeypox have been reported in Europe and in four other countries outside the union. India too is on the guard

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has reiterated here that the Covid-19 pandemic "is far from over".

India expressed dismay and concern over the WHO's recent report on all-cause excess mortality estimates, saying authentic data published by the statutory authority has not been taken into account.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated all ASHA workers for bagging World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General's Global Health Leaders' Award

India's one million all-women ASHA volunteers were honoured by the World Health Organisation on Sunday for their crucial role in providing direct access to healthcare facilities in rural areas

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed 80 cases of monkeypox in 11 countries and said they are working to better understand the extent and cause of the outbreak.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued an warning that more cases of the monkeypox virus could be reported in Britain.

North Korea said Wednesday more than a million people have already recovered from suspected Covid-19 just a week after disclosing an outbreak

A WHO expert group says there may be some benefit in giving a second booster dose of Covid vaccine to the most vulnerable people amid the continuing global spread of omicron and its subvariants.

Expressing concern over the COVID-19 situation in North Korea, the World Health Organization on Monday reiterated its commitment to supporting the country's response to the pandemic

It noted that although the number of new infections is decreasing in the region, Covid-19 remains a lethal virus, particularly for unvaccinated and clinically vulnerable individuals

In his address at the second global virtual summit on Covid hosted by US President, Modi pitched for making flexible the WTO's rules, particularly related to TRIPS

Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have been detected in more than a dozen countries driving Covid outbreaks across the world, according to the World Health Organization.

The research comes as WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on China to rethink its strategy.

A total of 30,375 people died from COVID-19 in Pakistan, with no more deaths recorded on Sunday, according to the ministry's statistics

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 81,863,725 and 997,526, respectively

This comes amid World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that suggest that the actual number of COVID-19 deaths in Pakistan was eight times the figure reported by the government