Tag: World Health Organization
The Monkeypox Health Crisis: How California Is Responding
By Tanu Henry, California Black Media
As the monkeypox virus outbreak spreads across the globe, Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will need to galvanize “forces”...
WHO: Nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID-19
The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems during...
South African scientists on the inside story of discovering omicron – and what their...
By Gemma Ware, The Conversation and Daniel Merino, The Conversation
What is it like to discover a new coronavirus variant? In this episode of The...
Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of new US COVID cases
By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Medical Writer
Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the...
Great Britain Reports First Omicron-related Death
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced what might be the first confirmed coronavirus death...