Three in five reported COVID-19 deaths in the United States since June 2021 could have been prevented by vaccination, according to new analysis. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimated about 234,000 lives could have been saved with timely vaccination. Vaccine-preventable deaths represent 60% of all U.S. adult coronavirus fatalities since last ...
GENEVA – Since Russia launched its war in Ukraine two months ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) has verified 162 attacks on healthcare facilities. As a result, patients with chronic conditions face significant barriers to care. According to preliminary findings from the WHO survey on national health needs, one in every three (30%) of the...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A majority of Americans continue to support a now-defunct requirement for travelers to wear masks, according to a poll released Wednesday. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found 56% of Americans would like travelers on planes, trains and public transportation to face a mask mandate. That...
KABUL (AA): More than 130 children have died from the measles epidemic in Afghanistan since the beginning of this year. After the US army withdrew from the country, international aid was cut off and the economic crisis deepened. Children are the most affected by war, hunger and poverty. At least 16,000 children have been infected […]
BEIJING/ANKARA – China’s recent decision to extend the COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions in Shanghai for an indefinite period due to the rise in cases triggered a strong response by locals. More than 26 million people in the city, which is the largest metropolis in Asia, are currently facing curfew and isolation. Authorities have been c...
WASHINGTON – Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, making Florida the latest state to restrict the medical procedure in most cases. House Bill 5, the Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality Act, “protects babies in the womb who have beating hearts, who can move, who can taste,...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday announced the start of providing aid and medical intervention to around 18,000 Yemeni children suffering illnesses and malnutrition. In a statement, WHO said the aid intervention, which is carried out in eight hospitals over a period of nine months, is implemented with support...
ISTANBUL – China has expressed disapproval of the US move to order its non-emergency workers and their family members to leave the COVID-19-hit Shanghai city. “China has lodged solemn representations with the US over its order to evacuate its consulate in Shanghai,” Zhao Lijian, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, told a news conference in Bei...
GENEVA – The World Health Organization has said it has verified 91 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine since the war began on February 24. Ukraine is living in “dark days,” WHO Europe chief Hans Kluge said in a briefing from Lviv, a city near the border with Poland in western Ukraine, on the 43rd […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for the coronavirus, her spokesman said Thursday. “After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic. The Speaker is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is thankful for the r...
