‘Let’s not make a mountain out of a molehill,’ says WHO over monkeypox
The agency's director for Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness, Dr Sylvie Briand, says the outbreak seen mostly in Europe is 'containable'.
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How the pandemic could end: WHO
Health agency outlines three scenarios, the most likely being the virus causes less severe disease.
The doctors and nurses of Ukraine need our help – this is what we can do
Reports earlier this week of Russian attacks and siege of a major hospital in the Ukraine city of Mariupol indicate a particularly bleak and dark…
Ukraine’s health system ‘engulfed’ amid attacks on 18 hospitals and clinics
The conditions are ripe for a surge in infectious diseases, the WHO warns.
Ukraine invasion: Fears for doctors’ safety as Russian shells ‘hit hospital’
Ukraine’s interior ministry said at least 10 people, six of them doctors, were injured in an attack that hit a hospital in the country's east.
Professor Mary-Louise McLaws shares update on brain tumour diagnosis
The globally respected epidemiologist is undergoing treatment — she thanked all those involved in her care.
Aussie GP named president of the specialty’s world body
Dr Karen Flegg beat out candidates from America and the subcontinent in the WONCA presidential election.
New coronavirus variant being tracked
Mu, or B.1.621, was first identified in Colombia and cases have been recorded in South America and Europe.
Delta variant ‘more contagious than the common cold and Ebola’
US CDC and WHO warn the world is entering a more dangerous period of COVID-19.
Aus outcomes ‘excellent’ for multidrug-resistant TB
But respiratory physicians warn that adverse events are frequent and close monitoring of patients is essential.
