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As forecast in June, the cancer-research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) has officially named the non-sugar sweetener aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to humans.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: World Health Organization, FDA, Cancer,… Continue reading Despite alarm, sweetener still deemed safer than bacon and red meat
Soldiers have seized a biolab containing samples of cholera and the measles in Khartoum. Continue reading ‘High Risk of Biological Hazard’ In Sudan After Fighters Seize Biolab, WHO Says
A new report published in Nature offers the most detailed estimate to date of COVID-19-related deaths. The research found up to the end of 2021 there were likely nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID around the world. The estimate is three tim… Continue reading WHO estimates nearly 15 million COVID deaths – triple official figures
The World Health Organization has finally decided on a new name for monkeypox. After “months of consultations” the preferred term for this disease will now be “mpox.”Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: World Health Organization, Disease Continue reading WHO officially renames monkeypox to mpox
Following months of calls from global experts, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced it will assign a new disease name to the current strain of monkeypox spreading around the world. Opening the process to public submissions for the first ti… Continue reading Poxy McPox & Bigpox: WHO asks public for new monkeypox names
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the global monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The outbreak has now spread to 75 countries with more than 16,000 cases officially recorded.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Monkeypox declared global health emergency, 72 child cases reported
A statement from the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the discovery of two potential cases of Marburg Virus Disease (MBV) in Ghana. Pending further lab work, they could be the first cases of this highly infectious disease ever found in the… Continue reading Infectious and deadly Marburg virus detected in Ghana for the first time
More than 18 months ago a global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out commenced, beginning the biggest international immunization campaign seen in decades. Since then, the virus that causes COVID-19 has mutated significantly and health authorities have been discu… Continue reading FDA and WHO disagree on COVID-19 vaccine booster variant advice
A new study published in Nature Medicine offers the first robust genomic analysis of the virus behind the current wave of monkeypox spreading around the globe. The research traced the virus back to a 2017 monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria and indicates it … Continue reading Genomic analysis finds monkeypox virus is mutating unusually fast
The world has surpassed over 500 million officially recorded COVID-19 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. This grim milestone is almost certainly an undercount, with some researchers estimating nearly half of the world’s total popul… Continue reading World hits 500 million official COVID cases but real tally likely billions