In his first briefing of 2022, WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus repeated his longstanding call for vaccine equity and solidarity to defeat the crisis, now reaching into its third year.  “The dawn of a new year offers an opportunity to renew our collective response to a shared threat,” he said, speaking from Geneva.  “I hope global leaders who have shown such… Read More

“Cervical Cancer is highly preventable and treatable”, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tweeted, saying “it could be the first cancer EVER to be eliminated”. It’s #CervicalCancer Awareness Month! Cervical cancer could be the first cancer EVER in the world to be eliminated, if 9⃣0⃣% of girls are vaccinated7⃣0⃣% of women are screened9⃣0⃣% of women with cervical disease… Read More

The development comes as a senior World Health Organization (WHO) epidemiologist repeated the agency’s message that countries could not “boost” their way out of the pandemic, while the Omicron variant was transmitting so “intensely”, just as the Delta variant has done. “In the context of intense social mixing, in the context of limited use of proven public health measures, in… Read More

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has published helpful new data from its Doubly Labelled Water (DLW) Database, which provide insights on the effectiveness of exercise to spur weight loss. The results aren’t as straightforward as you may think. “When enrolled into exercise programmes for weight loss, most people lose a little weight, some individuals lose lots, but a few… Read More

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus reminded that it was two years ago, as people gathered for New Year’s Eve celebrations, that a new global threat emerged.  Since then, 1.8 million deaths were recorded in 2020 and 3.5 million in 2021, but the actual number is much higher. There are also millions of people dealing with long-term consequences from the virus.   ‘Tsunami of cases’   Right now, Delta and Omicron are driving up… Read More