WHO: Monkeypox to be renamed just ‘mpox’
Geneva— Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox in English, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid ...
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Loud music may cause 1 billion youths to lose hearing
Around one billion young people worldwide could be at risk of hearing loss from listening to headphones or attending loud ...
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Mouth diseases hit nearly half of the world’s people—WHO
Rotting teeth, swollen gums, and oral cancers: nearly half the world's population suffer from mouth diseases, the World Health Organization ...
Read moreBillion youth risk hearing loss from headphones, venues: study
Around one billion young people worldwide could be at risk of hearing loss from listening to headphones or attending loud ...
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Aussie health records leaked on dark web
Sydney—Hackers have followed through on a threat to leak sensitive medical records stolen from a major Australian health company that ...
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QC solon seeks passage of free medicines bill
A first-term legislator has appealed to his colleagues to prioritize the passage of his bill mandating the grant of free medicines ...
Read moreTB cases rise after years of decline
Geneva—Tuberculosis case numbers increased last year for the first time in more than 20 years, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Ex-UK leader, WHO head call on Marcos
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with former United Kingdom prime minister Tony Blair and World Health Organization (WHO) director general ...
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‘Not a time to relax on COVID, flu’
As winter approaches, the World Health Organization on Monday stressed the importance of staying vigilant as cases of COVID and ...
Read moreWHO: Too early to lift global emergency status of COVID
The World Health Organization said it is too early to lift the highest-level alert for the COVID-19 crisis, with the ...
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