Pandemic

Is XEC Covid variant dangerous? Things to note

September 19, 2024

Is XEC Covid variant dangerous? Things to note

XEC has flu or cold-like symptoms, like cough, headaches and more.

May 25, 2024
FLiRT: What should you know about the new COVID variant?

The FLiRT variants are a group of subvariants of JN.1 from the Omicron lineage.
January 22, 2024
Disease X: Why should we watch out for potential pandemic '20 times deadlier' than Covid?

To the uninitiated, the name 'Disease X' was adopted by WHO a few years ago, to "indicate an unknown pathogen that can cause a serious international epidemic."
September 03, 2023
WHO pandemic treaty: Costs divide rich, poor countries ahead of talks

Among the sticking points, according to more than a dozen people familiar with the discussions, are costs of measures meant to address the risk of pathogens emerging from wildlife.
July 14, 2023
Kerala generated 99 lakh kg biomedical waste during Covid pandemic

99,38,945 kg of biomedical waste from Covid centres collected, processed at IMAGE waste treatment plant at Palakkad's Malampuzha
May 25, 2023
WHO chief cautions world over next pandemic

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also reminded the world that in the face of overlapping crises, 'pandemics are far from the only threat we face”.
May 05, 2023
COVID no longer a global health emergency: WHO

The declaration has been made by World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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