Health

Hunger crisis could swell already record global displacement: UN

by Christophe Vogt  Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed global displacement numbers above 100…

Over 14% of world has had Lyme disease: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 14 percent of the world's population has had Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne…

The age of outbreaks: Experts warn of more animal disease threats

  by Daniel Lawler and Isabelle Tourne Agence France Presse With the spread of monkeypox across the world coming hot…

Brazil confirms its first monkeypox case

  BRASÍLIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil has confirmed its first case of monkeypox in a 41-year-old man who had traveled…

Monkeypox outbreak tops 1,000 cases, WHO warns of ‘real’ risk

The risk of monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic nations is real, the WHO warned Wednesday, with more than a thousand…

WHO: 780 monkeypox outbreak cases

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization said Sunday that 780 laboratory-confirmed monkeypox cases had been reported to it…

More than 700 monkeypox cases globally, 21 in US: CDC

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday it was aware…

Estimated 2 million have long Covid in UK: official data

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- An estimated two million people in the UK, which represents around three percent of…

Monkeypox cases could be ‘peak of iceberg’: WHO

  GENEVA, Switzzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization cautioned Friday that some 200 monkeypox cases found in recent weeks…

More than 200 cases of monkeypox worldwide: EU disease agency

  STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) -- The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide has reached 219 outside of countries where…

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