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How Worried Should You Be About Monkeypox?
Monkeypox, endemic to Africa, has started appearing in several countries, including the United States. In the face of…
Omicron is the new COVID kid on the block: Five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately
South Africa reacted with outrage to travel bans, first triggered by the UK, imposed on it in the…
The Hunt For Coronavirus Variants: How The New One Was Found And What We Know So Far
Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes…
Infection Prevention: Latest Trends In Hospital Sanitation
Hospitals and health institutions have unique sanitation requirements since they may be treating patients with infections including cholera,…
Extreme heat hurts human health. Its effects must be mitigated – urgently
The African continent is heating up more, and faster, than other regions in the world according to the…
World’s Worst Pandemic Leaders: 5 Presidents And Prime Ministers Who Badly Mishandled COVID-19
COVID-19 is notoriously hard to control, and political leaders are only part of the calculus when it comes…
COVID In India: The Deep-Rooted Issues Behind The Current Crisis
India finds itself in the throes of a humanitarian disaster. Until March 2021, case numbers were low in…
Coronavirus Variant Spread Through 15 Countries Before Discovery
The B117 variant of the virus responsible for COVID-19 has been spreading for longer than previously known, researchers…
People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price
Picture the United States struggling to deal with a deadly pandemic. State and local officials enact a slate…
How Has Our Urban World Made Pandemics More Likely?
Cities are hubs for business and innovation, but can also create favourable conditions for increased disease transmission. Here,…
We Modelled How A COVID Vaccine Roll-Out Would Work. Here’s What We Found
How well we distribute and administer a COVID-19 vaccine will have massive health, social and economic ramifications. So…
Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19
World AIDS Day this year finds us still deep amid another pandemic – COVID-19. The highly infectious novel…
4 Steps For Planning The Holidays During COVID-19
The last several months of experience fighting the COVID-19 pandemic can help you to plan a safer holiday…
Why Antimicrobials Matter In The Fight Against Covid
In these pandemic times, many people may ask why we should bother with antimicrobials when we know what…
7 Steps To Stay COVID-Safe This Winter
As temperatures fall, people are spending more time indoors. That heightens the risk of the coronavirus spreading, but…
How COVID Has Revealed The Need For A Rethink In Urban Planning
The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness of the significant flaws in our urban infrastructure, and highlighted our lack…
How Pandemics Have Changed American Cities – Often For The Better
New York City’s experience as the epicenter of the U.S. COVID-19 outbreak is raising questions about urban living.…
Global Poverty: Coronavirus Could Drive It Up For The First Time Since The 1990s
As COVID-19 slows in developed countries, the virus’s spread is speeding up in the developing world. Three-quarters of…
Coronavirus: What If The Vaccine Or Drugs Don’t Save Us?
The curve of the COVID-19 epidemic has been flattened in many countries around the world, and it hasn’t…
10 Misconceptions About The 1918 Flu, The ‘Greatest Pandemic In History’
Pandemic: It’s a scary word. But the world has seen pandemics before, and worse ones, too. Consider the…
Are We Opening When We Should?
Right now, the entire world is just testing how we are going to continue to live our lives.…
The Biggest Financial Contributors To The World Health Organization
With Trump announcing that the US will halt funding, China will be WHO’s biggest benefactor. The United States…
A Brief History Of The World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) began its operations 71 years ago today. Also during this day, WHO celebrates…
How To Cope With The Mental Health Effects Of Social Distancing For COVID-19
According to the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, the novel…
The Flu Pandemic Of 1918: Modern Parallels From A Century-Old Pandemic
The influenza pandemic of 1918 (also known as the Spanish flu, even though it didn’t originate in Spain)…
How Cities Around The World Are Handling COVID-19 – And Why We Need To Measure Their Preparedness
When it comes to infectious disease outbreaks, cities are dual-edged. To be sure, cities are a big part…
How Cities Can Prepare For The Next Pandemic
According to Johns Hopkins CSSE, the COVID-19 outbreak has recorded more than 20 million confirmed cases and 760,000…
How Cities Shape Pandemics
Cities and pandemics are closely linked throughout history. A lot of lives have been claimed by disease outbreaks.…
Developing Countries Could Get Sick Before They Get Rich. Policy Can Help
Improved human well-being is one of the modern era’s greatest triumphs. The age of plenty has also led…
Plans To Fight Coronavirus Must Pay Attention To The Environment
The rapid onset and spread of coronavirus is proving to be a huge challenge for public health officials…
Outbreaks Like Coronavirus Start In And Spread From The Edges Of Cities
Emerging infectious disease has much to do with how and where we live. The ongoing coronavirus is an…
We’re In Danger Of Drowning In A Coronavirus ‘Infodemic’. Here’s How We Can Cut Through The Noise
The novel coronavirus that has so far killed more than 1,100 people now has a name – COVID-19.…
7 Dangerous Myths About Coronavirus Busted By The World Health Organization
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV / COVID-19) is definitely a valid source of concern. However, there are a…
A Clue To Stopping Coronavirus: Knowing How Viruses Adapt From Animals To Humans
As the novel coronavirus death toll mounts, it is natural to worry. How far will this virus travel…
‘Blue’ Space: Access To Water Features Can Boost City Dwellers’ Mental Health
Officials are increasingly recognizing that integrating nature into cities is an effective public health strategy to improve mental…
This Is Why Health Has To Be At The Heart Of The New Urban Agenda
Urban experts gathered at the ninth World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur over the past week to discuss progress on…
As More Of Asia Prospers, Obesity Becomes A Weighty Deal
Extra body weight has long been associated with wealth, as evident from Renaissance art to stereotypes of modern…