Medicine & TechnologyPandemic is far from over, according to the World Health Organization despite a drop in the number of cases globally. Find out the reason the WHO has said so.
The whole world is looking forward to the end of the pandemic. Experts say though, that there are signs before it happens. Know more about these indications.
The containment of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the amount of medical waste around the world, which now causes great concern for human and environmental health.
The Omicron subvariant BA.2 has been detected in almost 50 countries in which more than 10,000 people are infected globally. Scientists are still monitoring this new variant while also understanding its immune escape and virulence.
The World Health Organization expert committee released new guidelines on human genome editing concluding that creating genetically modified babies is still a bad idea, proposing a framework for global governance of the technology.
South Africa has advanced laboratories working on COVID-19 where they also discovered the alarming new variant Omicron. Currently, it is driving most cases in the capital, and commercial hub of the country.
The Omicron COVID-19 variant has been identified as a variant of concern due to its increased risk of reinfection. Scientists are now working to understand how vaccines will work against this new variant.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns about the rising COVID-19 cases and deaths in Europe, wherein over half of the cases worldwide are recorded in the continent.
Bill Gates stated that the World Health Organization and the rest of the world must play 'germ games' to prepare for future pandemics and other outbreaks.
This year's World Stroke Day is on the 29th day of October to celebrate new treatments for stroke show promise, while old precautions still help avoid this deadly condition that has been identified as the second leading cause of death globally by the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus bestows the posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks whose cancer cells were used in several scientific breakthroughs, including COVID-19 vaccines.