Health

Global officials are calling on world leaders to finalise a crucial international agreement aimed at preventing future pandemics, according to a joint letter issued on Monday. Penned by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the message underscored a shared global responsibility to protect humanity from repeating such devastation seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed…

By Assumpta Masoi The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks demonstrate that the world is still vulnerable to rapidly spreading infectious diseases, Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), warned on Saturday at the close of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva. His call came as Ugandan authorities confirmed on Saturday that there were three…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a detailed statement regretting the United States decision to leave the UN agency, and declaring that it will leave both the US and the world less safe as a result. The statement, released on Saturday, also includes a rebuttal of the US administration’s reasoning for the measures. In response to…

California jury finds company knew its talc-based products were dangerous but failed to warn consumers Reuters A California jury on Friday awarded $40m to two women who said Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder was to blame for their ovarian cancer. The jury in Los Angeles superior court awarded $18m to Monica Kent and $22m to Deborah Schultz…