Tag: Global Health
New name for monkeypox – health
As the number of cases of monkeypox plummets worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to change the name of the disease. The English term “Monkeypox” is now to…
New name for monkeypox – Knowledge
As the number of cases of monkeypox plummets worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to change the name of the disease. The English term “Monkeypox” is now to…
More cholera outbreaks than ever – Health
As severely as cholera can hit a person, it is, in principle, so easy to avoid. Diarrheal disease could long be a thing of the past, and yet it is…
Fungal infections: often fatal, mostly underestimated
Away from public attention, diseases caused by fungi are increasing worldwide. Resistance to important drugs is also spreading. The WHO now presents a list of the most dangerous of these…
What’s Next for the Eradication of Polio – Health
Recently, polio has received a lot of attention when it suddenly appeared in places that had not seen the disease for a long time. There was a case in New…
Uganda Witnesses Outbreak of Rare Ebola Strain – Health
When scientists discovered the Ebola virus in the middle of the rainforest of what was then Zaire in 1976, they hit something like the jackpot. In the country that is…
Why monkeypox is becoming rarer – Health
Of Berit Uhlmann According to the popular reading, it all started on May 7th. That day the first monkeypox patient was reported in Britain, a man who had just returned…
New malaria vaccine continues to show high efficacy – Health
If Oxford vaccine researcher Adrian Hill has his way, the first highly effective vaccine against malaria could be approved as early as next year. Hill and other researchers from the…
What is known about the new Langya virus from China – Health
So far, more than 30 people have contracted a fever that experts suspect was caused by a new pathogen. It was discovered in eastern China. What we know about the…
Global Health: Climate Change Makes Many Diseases Worse – Health
When RKI boss Lothar Wieler warned at the weekend that Germany would also have to prepare for exotic diseases such as dengue fever or malaria as a result of climate…