The World Health Organization on Saturday formally classified monkeypox as a “public health emergency of international concern,” warning that the viral disease is spreading rapidly across the globe. The WHO’s decision came after a panel of advisers failed to reach a consensus position on whether monkeypox constitutes a global health …
Read More »Nearly 15 Million ‘Excess Deaths’ Associated With COVID-19 In 2020 And 2021
New estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that the full death toll associated directly or indirectly with the COVID-19 pandemic (described as “excess mortality”) between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021 was approximately 14.9 million (range 13.3 million to 16.6 million). “These sobering data not only point …
Read More »United States To Impose Travel Restrictions Over New COVID-19 Variant
The White House said Friday the U.S. will impose travel restrictions from South Africa and seven other countries in the region beginning Monday due to a new COVID-19 variant. A World Health Organization panel named the variant “omicron” and classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern, the same …
Read More »The US Donated More Than 100 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines To 60+ Countries
The White House announced on Tuesday that the United States donated more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than sixty countries. The vaccines were distributed through COVAX, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global vaccine initiative. “This is more than the donations of all 24 countries that donate …
Read More »United States To Send 80 Million COVID-19 Vaccines Overseas
President Biden announced on Thursday that the United States plans to send 80 million COVID-19 vaccines overseas to India, Gaza, the West Bank, and other nations “facing crises.” “Today, we’re providing more detail on how we will allocate the first 25 million of those vaccines to lay the ground for …
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