Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Latest report paints a painful picture of the care sector during the pandemic. But timid recommendations and a lack of accountability threaten to undermine itOf all 10 reports due to be published by the long-running Covid-19 inquiry, this week’s findin…
Read MoreInquiry chair says failure to advise care homes to isolate people discharged from hospital was ‘significant oversight’• UK politics live – latest updatesThe care sector was “an afterthought” during the Covid-19 pandemic, and government failures caused …
Read MoreAs raw milk industry experiences record growth, experts say it might contain pathogens that can sicken peopleAs raw milk becomes increasingly popular among Americans, there have been several recent disease outbreaks tied to the product, alarming public…
Read More‘Transparent information sharing’ from Moscow is required to conduct full risk assessment, UN agency saysThe World Health Organization has said it does not have the “full picture” from Russia following the suspected death from plague last week of a 28-…
Read MoreHealth minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on SaturdayKenya has reported its first-ever Ebola death, the health minister announced on Tuesday, as the disease continues to spread rapidly through the north-eas…
Read MoreNeighboring states are also reporting hundreds of cases, with over 3,800 recorded across the countryPennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials calculate, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three deca…
Read MoreMost counties don’t have their own health agencies, and some specific population groups have low vaccination ratesPennsylvania is bracing for a wave of measles cases, with some public health officials concerned that it’s “only a matter of time” until t…
Read MoreCDC says 392 cases of Dengue were reported for the year so far in the state, along with different county-level dataSeveral Florida counties recently declared a state of local emergency in response to a spate of dengue fever infections.Hillsborough coun…
Read MoreThe US says it is unable to support a major global text on pandemic prevention and preparedness put forward at UN general assemblyThe United States government’s decision to block a major global declaration on pandemic preparedness “severely weakens” th…
Read More173 people hospitalized and four deaths in state so far, with less than 1% of those infected having been vaccinatedThe Pennsylvania department of health (DOH) announced on Friday that 55 new measles cases had been reported in the state since Wednesday,…
Read MoreAccra Reset’s report states countries in the region and global south should take greater control of their health development after USAID debacleThe United States’ withdrawal from key aid programs has put has put healthcare in Africa and the Global Sout…
Read MoreRabid goats at a North Carolina petting zoo and a diseased beaver attacking a Maryland boy have set the public on edgeRecent unusual incidents involving humans and rabid animals and a subsequent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory…
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