Thousands of Sufi Muslim pilgrims gathered in Senegal’s capital of Dakar Friday for the first time since 2019 without COVID-related restrictions. The followers of the Layene Sufi Muslim brotherhood, dressed in long white cotton robes, met in the Camberene district in the northeast of the city. The annual pilgrimage was canceled in 2020 and 202...
Yemen has seen a significant number of infectious diseases in various regions as the ongoing war has had a negative impact on the health sector. Health facilities are overcrowded with patients ravaged by various epidemics. Among the most prominent diseases currently prevalent in Yemen are dengue and viral fever. The continuing coronavirus outb...
GENEVA (AA) – The global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with young people the worst hit, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. A WHO report highlights those most affected by the pandemic and found that people with more severe mental […]
U.S. President Joe Biden announced a new COVID program during his State of the Union address on Tuesday. The “test to treat” initiative is a central component of the new strategy. Under the program, Biden said Americans could get tested for COVID-19 at a pharmacy and, if they are positive, “receive antiviral pills on the […]
HAJJAH, YEMEN – FEBRUARY 23: Thousands of Yemeni children who were forcibly displaced due to the ongoing civil war between the government forces and the Iranian-backed Houthis have been deprived of health services, especially necessary vaccines such as polio, diphtheria, measles, and hepatitis-B. Humanitarian aid cannot be delivered to m...
Many U.S. states are relaxing indoor and school mask mandates. But health professionals warn the danger isn’t over yet, as new variants of COVID-19 continue to spread nationwide. Among the first to loosen indoor mask restrictions are New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, Illinois, New York and Massachusetts. California also plans t...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC is reviewing its mask guidance as COVID hospitalizations ebb, according to director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. The agency is shifting its focus to hospitalizations as a key measure of the virus’ severity and guide for determining whether health safety protocols need to be tightened. Walensky sa...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization on Wednesday renewed its appeal to rich countries to stump up $16 billion for its program to give lower- and middle-income nations equal access to vaccines, treatments, and personal protective equipment. Under the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator, an initiative to overcome vast global inequ...
COVID-19 survivors are at a greater long-term risk of developing heart disease, strokes, blood clots, and other cardiovascular disorders, according to a new study released Monday. Published in Nature Medicine, the study found people who survive COVID-19 are more likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease a year later. That’s even if t...
Canadian police seized thousands of liters of fuel and removed an oil tanker as part of a crackdown on protests against the government’s COVID-19 health measures. A judge granted residents in the capital Ottawa an interim injunction Monday against the noise from honking. A “Freedom Convoy” has disrupted life in the city’s downtown area ...
