Africa CDC Declares Mpox a Public Health Emergency
ADDIS ABABA (Agencies): Africa’s top public health body has declared a public health emergency over the growing mpox outbreak that has spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to…
Israel Claims to Have Eliminated Senior Hamas Official in Gaza Strip
TEL AVIV (Agencies): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Thursday in a joint statement with the Israel Security Agency (ISA) that they had eliminated a senior Hamas official in…
UK approves artificial meat for pets
LONDON (Agencies): A British company has announced that it will begin selling artificial chicken to pet-food producers this year, making Britain the first country in Europe to commercialize ‘lab-grown’ meat.…
Biden tests positive for Covid, White House says
WASHINGTON (Agencies): Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering mild symptoms, the White House has said. Karine Jean-Pierre, his press secretary, said the US president is vaccinated…
Gastrointestinal Issues a Common but Overlooked Symptom of COVID
LONDON (Agencies): An overlooked symptom of COVID-19 can cause long-term issues in many patients, according to a study by the British Medical Journal. Common symptoms of COVID-19 include a sore…
Belarus Registers World’s First Patented Lung Cancer Vaccine From Cuba
MINSK (Agencies): Belarus has registered Cimavax, a groundbreaking Cuban vaccine that trains the immune system to kill lung cancer cells, Cuban Foreign Minster Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla has announced. “The first…
Russian experts sound alarm over post-Covid health issue
MOSCOW (Agencies): A significant number of Russians who recovered from Covid-19 are suffering from further devastating effects of the disease such as lung fibrosis, according to the Russian Health Ministry’s…
Doctors go on strike in England a week before the UK general election
LONDON (Agencies): Thousands of doctors in England are staging their 11th walkout on Thursday in a long-running dispute with the government over pay and working conditions, disrupting hospital services just…
US expanding bioweapons research in Africa – Russia
MOSCOW (Agencies): The US is expanding its biological military presence across Africa, Russian Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov claimed on Tuesday. According to the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Chemical and Biological…
‘Flesh-eating bacteria’ disease spreads in Japan, killing some in 2 days
TOKYO (Agencies): A deadly outbreak of a “flesh-eating bacteria” is spreading rapidly across Japan, alarming health officials with how quickly it can lead to death. Close to 1,000 cases of…