GENEVA – There is a “real” risk of monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic countries, the World Health Organization has warned, while also reiterating that the COVID-19 pandemic “is not over.” “More than 1,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox have now been reported to WHO from 29 countries that are not endemic for the disease,” said WHO [&he...
GENEVA – Unless the world immediately shifts its total focus away from the war in Ukraine, there will be an explosion of child deaths in the Horn of Africa, a UN official has warned, urging the international community to act immediately. Rania Dagash, UNICEF’s deputy regional director for Eastern and Southern Africa, spoke at a […...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s foreign minister has tested positive for COVID-19 and cut her Pakistan visit short, the ministry said Tuesday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Christofer Burger said the result of the rapid antigen test Annalena Baerbock took was positive and she canceled her planned appointments, according to the German news agency...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US capital Washington, D.C. on Sunday reported its first case of monkeypox, a viral illness that can spread through direct contact with bodily fluids or monkeypox lesions. The case was confirmed Saturday in a resident who recently traveled to Europe, said the health authority, DC Health. “The collected samples...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The first suspected cases of monkeypox have been detected in the US cities of Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia, local health agencies announced Thursday. All of the cases have been sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for verification. The case in Los Angeles stems from a resident who [&hell...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A UN official said Tuesday that the situation in Somalia is extremely dire as 7.1 million people are going to be affected by drought before the end of the year unless there is a massive humanitarian effort. Some 6.1 million Somalis have been affected by the drought emergency as of May, […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Seven African countries have cumulatively reported nearly 1,400 monkeypox cases so far this year, with 1,392 suspected and 44 confirmed cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday as the number of infections worldwide continues to climb following the latest outbreak. The cases have been reported in Cameroon, C...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somalia is experiencing its worst drought in decades, approaching famine-like conditions, the special presidential envoy for drought response has said. Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame said 6.1 million Somalis are facing an extreme level of food insecurity while 330,000 children are facing severe acute malnutrition...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified nine monkeypox cases in seven states, according to multiple reports published on Thursday. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced the new totals during a briefing with reporters, noting that all cases so far found were detected by local laboratorie...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Senegal’s President Macky Sall sacked his health minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, on Thursday following a hospital fire in which 11 newborns were killed. In a presidential decree read on public television, Sall named Marie Khemesse Ngom Ndiaye as the new health minister. Ndiaye formerly served as the director general of pu...
