MOSCOW, Nov 10 — Deaths caused by Covid-19 globally have decreased by almost 90 per cent compared with February, although the rates of testing and vaccination remain low, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

GENEVA, Oct 28 — Global deaths from tuberculosis are estimated to have increased between 2019 and 2021, reversing years of decline as the Covid-19 pandemic severely derailed efforts to tackle the disease, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will propose a resolution on ‘Behavioural Science for Better Health’ at the 152nd Session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) executive board in January 2023, and the 76th World Health Assembly in May 2023.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Oct 20 — A woman returning from Dubai has tested positive for monkeypox, making her the second case detected in Vietnam, according to the city’s Health Department.

GENEVA, Oct 20 — A new World Health Organisation report on Wednesday warned that almost half a billion people could develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes, or other noncommunicable diseases attributable to physical inactivity between 2020 and 2030.

JAKARTA, Oct 19 — There were 99 acute kidney injury (AKI) deaths registered across the archipelago involving children below six years old so far this year, Indonesia's health ministry said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 — The headlines are everywhere, even as masks are not.

REUTERS, Aug 26 — The number of monkeypox cases reported globally declined by 21 per cent last week, after a month-long trend of rising infections, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, July 31 —  Authorities in New York City on Saturday declared a public health emergency over the rising monkeypox cases, Anadolu Agency (AA) reported.

TOKYO, July 29 — Japan logged 233,100 daily Covid-19 cases on Thursday, hitting a new record for the second consecutive day, raising concern about the strain on the medical system as the number of available designated hospital beds continues to decline.

LONDON, July 28 — There have been more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox reported globally from 78 countries, with the majority in Europe, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

ROME, July 24 — Italy has confirmed a total of more than 400 monkeypox cases, the country’s Health Ministry Prevention Director General Gianni Rezza said after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the current disease outbreak a public health emergency.

REUTERS, July 23 — The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on today.

GENEVA, July 13 — The head of the World Health Organisation said he was concerned Covid-19 cases and deaths were climbing, stretching health systems while monkeypox was also rising with 9,200 cases reported in 63 countries, reported Anadolu Agency.

MOSCOW, July 2 — The number of monkeypox cases in Europe has tripled during the last two weeks, surpassing 4,500 cases, and was mostly detected in people aged from 21-40 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge, said on Friday.

GENEVA, June 24 — Amid reports of surging cases in Europe, a special committee of the World Health Organisation (WHO) began meeting Thursday to decide whether monkeypox should be declared a global “public health emergency.” The emergency committee will advise the WHO chief “on whether the event...

MOSCOW, June 24 — The number of people, who have been diagnosed with monkeypox under the current outbreak, has surpassed 3,200, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

GENEVA, June 9 — There is a “real” risk of monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries, the World Health Organisation warned on Wednesday, while also reiterating that the Covid-19 pandemic “is not over.” “More than 1,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox have now been reported to WHO from...

LONDON, June 2 — Outbreaks of endemic diseases such as monkeypox and lassa fever are becoming more persistent and frequent, the World Health Organization's (WHO) emergencies director, Mike Ryan, warned on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — First, Larissa Lumandan left her mobile phone in the freezer.