Monkeypox has a new name:‘mpox’

Monkeypox has a new name:‘mpox’

The recommendation follows outbreaks that began about six months ago in Europe and the US,prompting widespread fears that the pathogen could spread further.

  • byAndrew Jacobs

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Measles now an imminent global threat due to COVID pandemic,say WHO and CDC

Measles now an imminent global threat due to COVID pandemic,say WHO and CDC

Most measles-related deaths are caused by complications including swelling of the brain and dehydration.

  • byJennifer Rigby
Drowning can be quick and silent. Could you spot the signs?
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Drowning can be quick and silent. Could you spot the signs?

Many drownings are not noticed until it’s too late. Who is most likely to drown? And how do you spot someone in trouble?

  • byJulie Power
WHO ‘strongly advises against’ use of two COVID treatments

WHO ‘strongly advises against’ use of two COVID treatments

They were some of the first medicines developed during the pandemic,but Omicron and its offshoots have probably rendered them obsolete.

  • byNatalie Grover
WHO says end of COVID in sight,deaths at lowest since March 2020

WHO says end of COVID in sight,deaths at lowest since March 2020

In its weekly report on the pandemic,the UN health agency said deaths fell by 22 per cent in the past week,at just over 11,000 reported worldwide.

WHO director in Asia accused of racism,abuse put on leave

WHO director in Asia accused of racism,abuse put on leave

Dr Takeshi Kasai’s removal stands in stark contrast to WHO’s past reluctance to discipline perpetrators of unethical and sometimes illegal behaviour.

  • byMaria Cheng
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Nasal vaccines could snuff out COVID,but the hurdles are not to be sneezed at

Nasal vaccines could snuff out COVID,but the hurdles are not to be sneezed at

A small spray in to the nose could protect people from COVID-19 and hamstring the pandemic,but the science still faces major challenges.

  • byLiam Mannix andAda Hall
Long lockdowns a ‘failure of policy’,says WHO envoy on COVID

Long lockdowns a ‘failure of policy’,says WHO envoy on COVID

David Nabarro,the World Health Organisation’s special envoy on the pandemic,says he didn’t support the COVID-zero approach.

  • byChip Le Grand
WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox

WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox

The World Health Organisation has declared the escalating outbreaks in multiple countries to be a global emergency.

Nothing to fear but the truth:Time to question our pandemic response

Nothing to fear but the truth:Time to question our pandemic response

This has been a once in a century moment that left no one unaffected,so there should be no argument against holding the most rigorous test possible of how the nation fared.

  • byChris Uhlmann
Enrol children in swimming lessons to make up time lost during pandemic:experts

Enrol children in swimming lessons to make up time lost during pandemic:experts

Hundreds of thousands of children aged seven to 10 were deprived of life-saving skills during the pandemic,say Australian water safety experts.

  • byJulie Power