COVID-19 Sets Back Progress in Effort to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases
The World Health Organization reports the COVID-19 pandemic has set back years of gains made in efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases, a diverse group of 20 illnesses that disproportionately affect impoverished communities in tropical areas….
Uganda Strives to Keep COVID-19 Out of Refugee Population
Uganda’s refugee population has reported no cases of COVID-19. In Bidibidi settlement, Yumbe district, the refugee leaders are working tirelessly to maintain the status quo.In Bangatuti village, Bidibidi settlement, four refugee welfare council members…
CDC Issues Mask, Distancing Guidance for Students
When schools in the United States open this fall, students from kindergarten through 12th grade should wear masks, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday, as it refines its guidance against the coronavirus.Because not every s…
Heart Study: Low- and Regular-Dose Aspirin Prove Safe, Effective
An unusual study that had thousands of heart disease patients enroll themselves and track their health online as they took low- or regular-strength aspirin concluded that both doses seem equally safe and effective for preventing additional heart proble…
India COVID Variant Spreads to Nearly 50 Countries
A day after declaring the COVID-19 variant first detected in India as one of global concern, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday that the variant has spread to 49 countries. The U.N. health agency’s new concern about the B.1.617 variant…
Internal Emails Reveal WHO Knew of Sex Abuse Claims in Congo
When Shekinah was working as a nurse’s aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, she was offered a job from a World Health Organization doctor at double her salary — in exchange for sex. “Given the financial difficulties of my family … I ac…