As COVID-19 cases balloon again in Europe, the World Health Organization called Friday for more targeted vaccination efforts to ensure the most vulnerable worldwide get the jabs. The UN health agency said Europe, once again at the epicentre of the pandemic, registered nearly two million COVID cases last week. That is “the most in a […]
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ASPCA Urges BLM to Immediately Expand Wild Horse Fertility Control
The ASPCA and other leading animal welfare and wild horse organizations recently wrote to Interior Secretary Haaland urging her to immediately reverse the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) alarming recent decision backing away from the only strategy that can safely and humanely protect our wild horse and burro herds. Last month, the BLM announced it […]
WHO chief urges ‘massive scale-up’ in vaccine production
The World Health Organization chief on Friday called on vaccine makers to share technologies to help dramatically boost production, warning that without more access to the jabs, progress against the pandemic could be lost. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered had now overtaken the well over 100 million reported infections […]
Thailand urges calm after four test positive for virus
Thai authorities urged calm on Tuesday as they scramble to trace a potential coronavirus outbreak after at least four women tested positive on returning from neighbouring Myanmar. Since detecting the first case outside of China back in January, Thailand has managed to keep COVID-19 infections low, at just over 4,000 cases, in part by imposing […]
Draft UN resolution urges global access to COVID-19 material
The U.N. General Assembly has until Monday to consider a draft resolution calling for global action to rapidly scale up development, manufacturing and access to medicine, vaccines and medical equipment to confront the coronavirus pandemic. The proposed resolution obtained by The Associated Press requests Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to work with the World Health Organization and […]
WHO urges calm as China virus death toll nears 1,900
The death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose again on Tuesday but Chinese and international health officials sought to calm global nerves, citing a study showing most cases are mild and warning against excessive measures to contain the epidemic. Nearly 1,900 people have now died and more than 72,000 people have been infected by […]
USPSTF urges asymptomatic bacteriuria screening in pregnancy
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends using a urine culture to screen pregnant persons for asymptomatic bacteriuria (Grade B recommendation) but does not recommend screening nonpregnant adults. These findings form the basis of a final recommendation statement published in the Sept. 24 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Jillian T. […]
Mum urges people to send birthday cards to son who's 'had enough of life'
Tanya Williams is asking strangers to send birthday cards to her son Rhys, 13, who has a severe skin condition. The heartbroken mum wants to bring some hope and light to Rhys who says he has ‘had enough of life’. The 13-year-old uses a wheelchair due to severe epidermolysis bullosa, a condition which results in […]
WHO urges enforcement of tobacco ad bans at sporting events
The World Health Organization called Thursday for better enforcement of bans on tobacco advertising at sporting events, after tobacco companies discretely reentered sponsorship deals with Formula 1 teams. “WHO is urging governments to enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship at sporting events, including when hosting or receiving broadcasts of Formula 1 and MotoGP […]
Study Urges Genetic Testing of Relatives of Aortic Disease Patients
TUESDAY, Aug. 7, 2018 — Many lives could be saved if relatives of patients with aortic diseases underwent routine screening and genetic testing, a new study suggests. Aneurysms, tears in the lining called dissections and other types of thoracic aortic disease (TAD) are often undetected until they become life-threatening emergencies. At that point, the risk […]