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India and WHO to launch Global Initiative on Digital Health as part of G-20 summit on August 19

Carcasses of seals, sea lions and birds were found on Tyuleniy Island in the Sea of Okhotsk by environmental groups who were there to clear up plastic pollution.

The Woodstock Festival became part of rock'n'roll folklore as half a million hippies descended on a farm in upstate New York in 1969

A first-of-its-kind global summit on Traditional Medicine, organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) and co-hosted by the Ministry of Ayush, is set to take place on August 17-18, 2023, at Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Read further on Dynamite News.

WHO and Ministry of Ayush will host the first-ever global summit on traditional medicine from August 17, which will be inaugurated by Director-General, WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

In today’s newsletter: The ‘Eris’ strain of Covid is a reminder that the virus has never fully gone away – but what will it mean for Britain?

Eris desends from Omicron and is now the second most prevalent Covid variant in the UK

Health minister says professor and WHO advisor was ‘an incredibly calm, articulate voice at a time that was very frightening’

WHO has designated EG.5.1 as a variant of interest; medical professionals advise public to remain vigilant, with only one case reported in India. Vaccine policy remains unclear, but masks, social distancing, and hand washing remain key to preventing spread.

As COVID cases rise once again, we're unprepared for the "mass disabling" event caused by long COVID

India set ambitious goal to “eliminate TB by 2025”, but NSP 2017-2025 failed to meet objectives. Revised NSP 2020-2025 raised bar for precision tests for initial diagnosis, but India is far from meeting target. To meet 2025 goal, NTEP must replace smear microscopy with molecular tests, utilise private sector for…