WHO urges China to share Covid-19 origins data
WHO urges China to share Covid-19 origins data

The World Health Organization has urged China to share data to help understand the origins of Covid-19, five years on from the start of the pandemic in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On December 31, 2019, the WHOs China office noted a cluster of pneumonia cases in a statement from health authorities...

Norovirus cases are surging in parts of the US
Norovirus cases are surging in parts of the US

Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data, reports AP. The most recent numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported during the week of Dec. 5, up from...

Respiratory illness season intensifies, children at risk
Respiratory illness season intensifies, children at risk

Despite a relatively slow start to respiratory disease season, low vaccination rates threaten that trend and the rapid rise of some illnesses is already putting children at increased risk. Overall, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention predicts that this season could be similar or...

8 Zika virus cases reported in Dhaka over three months
8 Zika virus cases reported in Dhaka over three months

Eight cases of Zika virus have been reported in Dhaka over the past three months, as confirmed by Professor Tahmina Shirin, Director of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control Research (IEDCR), in a statement to The Business Standard. She said, the patients are now healthy. All the...

Clade 1b monkeypox case reported in UK
Clade 1b monkeypox case reported in UK

For the first time in Britain, a case of the new deadly strain of monkeypox which has ripped through several African countries has been detected in London, reports the Daily Mail. The patient was in holiday in an African country currently experiencing an outbreak earlier this month. They...