The World Health Organization (WHO) for the first time has reached a consensus on the definition of airborne disease ...
The World Health Organization has issued a report that transforms how the world understands respiratory infections like COVID ...
Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a report ...
After the confusion of 2020, WHO has finally changed its definition of how diseases can spread through the air. But what is the new definition—and what needs to happen next? Mun-Keat Looi reports In ...
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza was detected in dairy cattle for the first time in the United States in March 2024, ...
WHO now admits the COVID virus and other germs spread “through the air.” This plain language may help improve research and action to fight disease ...
WHO has proposed new terminology for “pathogens that transmit through the air”.1 The stated rationale is that “[d]uring the pandemic, the terms ‘airborne’, ‘airborne transmission’, ‘droplets’ and ...
The state covers basic services for vulnerable residents, including things like air purifiers for kids with asthma. But ...
Drug-resistant tuberculosis, which is spread through air and responsible for a large number of deaths, is part of ...
Border Force officers at Heathrow are striking for four days this week and rail strikes are back on the timetable as train drivers’ union Aslef announced another rolling strike across 16 train ...
Data from the World Health Organisation has estimated that 138.9 million Nigerians require interventions against Neglected Tropical Diseases. This is according to the latest epidemiological and ...
Doctor Who is back for eight brand new episodes after a Christmas Day special gave fans their first proper look at new star Ncuti Gatwa. A new era of the BBC show was ushered in at the end of 2023 ...