Despite Taiwan’s claims that support for its participation was growing, the island was not invited to the World Health Organization’s annual meeting on Monday. Taiwan was not invited to the…
Pakistan confirms first mpox case
The first case of monkeypox (mpox) in Pakistan has been confirmed by the National Institute of Health in Islamabad. According to a health ministry press release, a guest who had…
By News Team April 26, 2023
WHO urges Equatorial Guinea disclose further Marburg infections
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Wednesday that his agency was aware of further Marburg cases in Equatorial Guinea and had urged the government to declare…
By News Team March 29, 2023
Tanzania finds its first instances of the very lethal Marburg virus
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Marburg, a kind of viral hemorrhagic fever with symptoms broadly similar to those of Ebola has been identified for the first time in…
By News Team March 22, 2023
Vaccine-derived poliovirus found in Congo, Burundi
World Health Organization and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have identified instances of vaccine-derived poliovirus. Both instances were discovered in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After infections…
By Staff Writer March 17, 2023
