While speaking at a Thursday news conference for Gov. Ron DeSantis in Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, that state's surgeon general, advised people to steer clear of the updated booster vaccine for COVID-19. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not ye…
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New COVID variant Eris spreading rapidly in UK.
What’s in News? A new COVID variant Eris or EG.5.1 is rapidly spreading across the country United Kingdom. Startlingly, one out of every seven COVID-19 cases in the UK is now linked to this variant. The spread of Eris is not limited only to UK but also across Europe, Asia an…
Deaths, disabilities from heart problems related to air pollution are on the rise.
The number of people killed or disabled by certain heart problems caused by exposure to air pollution has risen significantly since 1990: 31% worldwide, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Particle pollution is specifica…
WHO cancer agency deems artificial sweetener aspartame ‘possibly carcinogenic’.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates7/14/2023 11:51:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Aspartame, a popular artificial non-sugar sweetener used in food and beverage products is a “possible carcinogen”, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) declare on Thursday (July 13). Assessments of the health impacts of aspartame were released by the Inte…
Syphilis is rising around the world.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates7/11/2023 12:35:00 PMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Syphilis has been called many names since the first record of it in the 1490s, most of them uncomplimentary – "the French disease", "the Neapolitan disease", "the Polish disease". One however has stuck: "the great imitator". Syphilis i…
Bird flu defence discovered in our bodies.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates6/29/2023 12:24:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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A key defence that blocks nearly all bird flu when it attempts to invade our body has been discovered by scientists. Bird flus have been involved in four pandemics since 1918 - killing millions of people. The research, led by the University of Glasgow, showed those pandemics …
US health alert over malaria cases in Florida and Texas.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates6/28/2023 12:09:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Florida and Texas are seeing some locally acquired cases of malaria - the first spread of the mosquito-transmitted disease inside the US in 20 years, officials warn in a health alert. Active surveillance for more cases is continuing, the Centres for Disease Control says. The …
World Sickle Cell Awareness Day - 19 June.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates6/19/2023 06:58:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, IMPORTANT DAYS
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June 19th is World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. The international awareness day is observed annually to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease, and the challenges experienced by patients, their families, and caregivers. What is the Sickle Cell Di…
Sri Lanka Army doctors set Guinness World Record for largest kidney stone removal surgery.
The removal of the world’s largest and heaviest kidney stone (calculus) through a major surgery, performed on Thursday (June 01) by Sri Lanka Army doctors, has made its way to the Guinness World Records. Consultant Urologist, Lieutenant Colonel Dr. K. Sutharshan, Head of Gen…
WHO moving forward with “global system” for digital health IDs.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates6/06/2023 10:15:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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The World Health Organization has partnered with the European Union to create a globalized digital vaccine passport system for future pandemics. The European Commission made the announcement on Monday. (June 05) In June 2023, WHO will take up the European Union (EU) system of…
Brazil declares animal health emergency after several cases found.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates5/25/2023 12:08:00 PMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Brazil has declared a six-month animal health emergency after several cases of avian flu were found in wild birds. Seven cases have been reported in Espirito Santo state, with another discovered in Rio de Janeiro state. The emergency declaration makes it easier for the govern…
Covid global health emergency is over, WHO says.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency". The statement represents a major step towards ending the pandemic and comes three years after it first declared its highest level of alert over the viru…
A newly developed Hydrogel can wipe out brain cancer in Mice.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates5/06/2023 08:49:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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Glioblastoma is one of the most common and aggressive forms of brain cancer, and it's one of the hardest to treat. There may be good news on the horizon, however. A newly developed hydrogel, tested on mice, cleaned up traces of glioblastoma tumors and stopped them from r…
Japan’s health ministry approves first abortion pill.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates4/26/2023 12:52:00 PMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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A panel in Japan’s health ministry has approved the country’s first abortion pill, in a major step for reproductive rights decades after other countries made abortion medication widely available. The ministry’s pharmaceutical board granted approval to the MeFeego Pack, an a…
Ghana becomes first country in world to approve Oxford University's new R21 malaria vaccine.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates4/14/2023 10:39:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Ghana has made history by becoming the first country to approve a highly effective malaria vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford in the UK. The vaccine, called R21/Matrix-M, has exceeded the World Health Organization’s target of 75% efficacy, making it…
Tanzania announces outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates4/01/2023 08:00:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Tanzania has announced its first outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus disease (MVD), after five fatalities and three further cases were reported at a hospital in the country’s north-west Kagera region. Through contact tracing, approximately 161 people have been identified as…
Tanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates3/23/2023 11:54:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Tanzania has confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg, a high-fatality viral hemorrhagic fever with symptoms broadly similar to those of Ebola, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. The WHO said in a late Tuesday statement that the confirmation of the disease by Tanzani…
Honduras's first woman president legalises morning-after-pill.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates3/12/2023 11:30:00 PMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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Honduran President Xiomara Castro has overturned a 13-year ban on the emergency contraceptive pill. The country's first-ever woman leader said she had made the change by executive order for International Women's Day, on 8 March. The morning-after pill was "part o…
FBI chief Christopher Wray says China lab leak most likely.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates3/01/2023 09:09:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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FBI Director Christopher Wray has said that the bureau believes Covid-19 most likely originated in a Chinese government-controlled lab. It is the first public confirmation of the FBI's classified judgement of how the pandemic virus emerged. Many scientists point out there…
China should be honest on Covid origin, says US envoy.
Current Affairs (CA) Daily Updates2/28/2023 09:05:00 AMHEALTH & NUTRITION, SOCIAL & CULTURAL
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The US envoy to China has called on the country to be "more honest" about the origins of the Covid-19 virus. His comments come a day after US media reported that a federal agency had found the pandemic probably started from a laboratory leak in Wuhan. The Department…
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