The World Health Organization reported two cases of a rare virus in an eastern Indian state on Thursday. The virus — called Nipah — kills more than half of the people it infects. The Nipah virus, named after the village in Malaysia where the first known patient lived, is part of the same family of … Read more
India is moving quickly to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus in the eastern state of West Bengal after five cases, including doctors and nurses who were infected, were confirmed. Nearly 100 people were asked to quarantine at home, and infected patients were being treated in hospitals in and around the capital Kolkata, according … Read more
By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The United States is expected to officially withdraw from the World Health Organization on Thursday, in the face of warnings that it will hit both US and global health and also in violation of a US law that requires Washington to pay the UN … Read more
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — When Tafara Muvhevhi, a Zimbabwean driving instructor, started work 16 years ago, his job was simple: teach the highway code and prepare students to take their driving test. Today, his priorities have changed. His main concern is no longer just the exam, but whether his students will survive some of the … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration is looking into whether deaths “across various age groups” were related to Covid-19 vaccines, a spokesman said Tuesday, weeks after a senior agency official claimed – without offering evidence – that Covid-19 vaccinations resulted in the deaths of 10 children. Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the US Department of … Read more