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WHO recommends two new drugs to treat Covid-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended two new drugs for Covid-19, providing yet more options for treating the disease

Progress made to promote health and wellbeing at work

Employees feel they still lack support concerning mental health, Aetna survey reveals

IATA says air travel remains safe during Omicron

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) clarified that the aircraft cabin remains a very low risk environment for contracting Covid-19 even though Omicron appears to be more transmissible than other…

WHO lists 10th Covid vaccine for emergency use

The World Health Organization issued an emergency use listing for Covid-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid, following its assessment and approval by the European Medicines Agency

Equitable vaccine distribution key to ending Covid

The Independent Allocation of Vaccines Group (IAVG) has issued a set of recommendations to make the allocation of COVID-19 vaccines more equitable and more effective

ECDC issues update on Omicron variant

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published the eighteenth update of its rapid risk assessment (RRA) for Covid-19

Kao Corporation launches project to reduce Dengue fever risk

In February 2022, Japanese company Kao Corporation will launch a project to save lives from mosquitoes by ramping up its campaign to reduce the spread of Dengue fever

More malaria cases and deaths in 2020 linked to Covid-19

New data from the World Health Organization revealed that the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted malaria services, leading to a marked increase in cases and deaths

Half of UK adults hide pandemic mental health impacts from their insurer

New research from Scottish Widows reveals that only a small proportion of people notify their insurer of a mental health condition

Call for urgent waiver on vaccine patents

The Council of Global Union (CGU), representing over 200 million workers, has urged UK, Switzerland, Germany and the EU Commission to stop blocking efforts to waive vaccine patents

Amivas Ireland receives EU approval for malaria drug

The medicine will be used to treat individuals suffering from severe malaria on the continent

WHO and CDC report fall in measles immunisations

Measles surveillance measures have also declined during the pandemic

Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in more than a decade

The Covid-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB) and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World…

UK should encourage vaccine uptake

The UK government must use other methods to encourage vaccine uptake after scrapping vaccine passports, says GlobalData

Risk of contracting Covid-19 on flights less than 0.1 per cent

The risk of exposure to Covid-19 while travelling after all passengers test negative 72 hours in advance of a flight is less than 0.1 per cent, according to a study…

Vaccine tourism could widen vaccine gap

Vaccine tourism, where tourist hotspots are offering Covid-19 vaccinations on holiday to attract visitors, is a double-edged sword says GlobalData

MSC Cruises increases health protocols for UK sailings

Cruise line MSC Cruises has increased its health and safety protocols onboard MSC Virtuosa following a rise in Covid-19 cases in the UK

Ethiopian Airlines transports vaccines around the world

Ethiopian Airlines Group has transported 50 million doses of vaccine to more than 28 countries across the globe

Covid infections low among travellers in the UK

Only four out of every 1,000 fully vaccinated travellers have tested positive for Covid-19 upon their return to the UK in July, new research shows

US Food and Drug Administration approves first Covid-19 vaccine

The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of Covid-19 disease in individuals over the age of…