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Why are COVID names so confusing?

How to follow the confusing names for COVID-19 variants and know which ones to be concerned about

Salon

South Korea’s seafood sellers reel as science fails to ease Fukushima fears

More than 90 percent of South Koreans say they will reduce their seafood consumption due to radiation concerns.

Al Jazeera

‘Many patients are dying blind’: South Africa’s struggle to save eyesight

In a race to prevent blindness, a small team in the remote Northern Cape do their best to treat thousands of patients waiting in hope that their sight could be restored to them

The Guardian - UK

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Long-term health issues following COVID-19

WHO declared pandemic emergency over in May 2023. Survivors face long-term health issues, incl. blood clots, lung disease, fatigue, digestive ailments, muscle/joint problems & diabetes. Studies show higher death rates & disability in those who had COVID-19. Vaccination reduces risk. Need to reduce infection risk during surges.

The Hindu

Missed childhood TB cases impede achieving 2025 goal

India faces huge challenge in eliminating TB by 2025. With childhood TB continuing to remain a “staggering problem”, detection gaps, low BCG vaccination, and difficulty in diagnosis, India faces a huge challenge in eliminating TB by 2025.

The Hindu

India, Asian Development Bank to set up climate change and health hub in Delhi

India to open climate change & health hub in Delhi in partnership with ADB. WHO Centre for Global Traditional Medicine in Gujarat to provide leadership on global health matters.

The Hindu

Covid Eris symptoms: All we know about new variant driving surge in cases

Eris is now the second most prevalent Covid variant in the UK and most common varient in the US

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In Rwanda, teenage pregnancies are rising. The cost is high, analysts say

Previous efforts to combat teen pregnancies were met with success in Rwanda, but that progress has now stagnated.

Al Jazeera

Formula milk advert restrictions are patronising – let parents decide what’s best

For those who can’t breastfeed, or choose not to, our present laws and the stigma attached to bottle feeding are unhelpful, says Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK

Covid Eris symptoms: All we know about new variant driving surge in cases

Eris is now the second most prevalent Covid variant in the UK and most common varient in the US

The Independent UK

Highly mutated Covid variant found in new countries as scientists urge careful monitoring

Scientists are testing how well updated Covid-19 vaccines will work against BA.2.86 after at least nine cases were detected across the world

The Independent UK

Will you develop dementia? These 11 factors are strong predictors in middle-age, scientists say

The good news: You can reduce your risk for four of them.

Fortune

"So there I was, sitting in the driver's seat of a Lincoln Continental, underwater": The night The Who’s Keith Moon drove his car into a swimming pool

Keith Moon celebrated his 21st birthday by taking one of his cars for a swim – or did he? Eyewitnesses explain what they saw – or think they saw

Louder

What is Pirola? Symptoms of new Covid variant as cases rise

Scientists are closely monitoring the new Covid variant that has been found in eight countries so far but admit they don’t know much about it

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The Independent UK

Measures such as lockdowns and masks ‘unequivocally reduced Covid infections’

A new report draws together the findings of six expert-led evidence reviews.

Louder

John Lennon wanted to produce them, Pat Metheny said he wouldn’t have played jazz fusion without them, and Rick Wakeman claimed he played the greatest organ solo ever: Rod Argent looks back on his time with the Zombies and Argent

Rod Argent was the founding member of The Zombies and Argent and collaborated with some of the best-known names in music, including Phil Collins and The Who. And now the Zombies are reanimated and ready for another bite of success…

The Hindu

India exported tobacco worth ₹9,740 crore during 2022-23, according to Tobacco Institute of India

India exported tobacco and tobacco products worth ₹9,740 crore during 2022-23 with a major contribution coming from cigarette-type tobacco like Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) and Burley, said director of Tobacco Institute of India (TII) Sharad Tandan.

The Hindu

India enters into bilateral collaboration with five countries to conduct research in traditional medicines and study best practices

To expand the scope and work of Indian Systems of Traditional Medicine, India has entered into a bilateral collaboration with five countries — Nepal, Cuba, Malaysia, Venezuela, and Qatar — to share best practices and benefit from the work going on here in this field. “These bilateral meetings have provided…

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New WHO chief scientist backs China fact-finding mission to examine COVID origin

Infectious diseases expert Jeremy Farrar has himself been at the center of the debate over the mysterious origins of COVID, which first broke out in China in late 2019.

The Independent UK

Everything we know about EG. 5, the Covid subvariant dominating the US as hospitalisations rise

Hospital admissions from coronavirus up 12.5 per cent for the week ending 29 July

Salon

Highly-mutated Covid strain identified

Most people shouldn't be concerned about this highly mutated variant, but experts caution it has outbreak potential

Dynamite News

Pandemic emergency ended but COVID-19 virus still around, says WHO director general

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has reminded people that Covid-19 is still around and that countermeasures are still required. Read further on dynamite News:

The Hindu

G20 countries to continue strengthening global health architecture

Countries also recognised the need for improving the understanding of long COVID.

The Hindu

WHO-managed grid to promote equitable access to digital health

The GIDH will be a WHO-managed network that will promote equitable access to digital health by addressing challenges such as duplication of efforts and “products-focused” digital health transformation.

The Hindu

WHO global partners commit to advance evidence-based traditional, complementary and integrative medicine

At WHO Global Summit 2023, 100+ countries reported having TCIM-related policies/strategies. Artificial Intelligence can help identify practices that show promise for further scientific evaluation, which can be used to accelerate safe and effective use of traditional medicine into health systems.

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