WHO plans to combat 20 neglected diseases as Covid-19 strains healthcare Medical Dialogues Bureau29 Jan 2021 9:00 AM ISTThe plan comes as efforts to alleviate diseases such as leprosy, elephantiasis, intestinal worms and rabies are being hampered by a worldwide pandemic...
WHO tightens guidelines on COVID masks for public, health workers Hina Zahid7 Dec 2020 3:47 PM ISTGENEVA - The World Health Organization on fine tuned guidelines on wearing face masks, recommending that, where COVID-19 is spreading, they be worn by...
WHO guidance backs Use of Corticosteroids in Severe COVID-19 infection Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Sept 2020 10:30 AM ISTThe World Health Organization recommends systemic corticosteroids to treat patients with severe and critical COVID-19.WHO has updated its guidance for...
COVID-19: Face masks should not be used in children under 5 years, advises WHO Medha Baranwal25 Aug 2020 11:37 AM ISTThe World Health Organization (WHO) has released guidance on the use of masks for children in the current scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Living at higher altitudes linked to higher levels of child stunting: JAMA Hina Zahid25 Aug 2020 11:29 AM ISTAddis Ababa, Ethiopia:Researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Addis Ababa University have found in a new study...
WHO recognises evidence emerging of airborne spread of COVID Medical Dialogues Bureau13 July 2020 9:00 AM IST"We have been talking about the possibility of airborne transmission and aerosol transmission as one of the modes of transmission of COVID-19," Maria...
Coronavirus has not suddenly become less pathogenic: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau30 Jun 2020 9:00 AM IST"It may not be that the virus itself is becoming less potent: it may be that we are, as a community, successfully reducing the number, intensity and...
Covid 19 positive mothers should breastfeed: WHO Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli13 Jun 2020 12:00 PM ISTNew mothers infected with COVID-19 should generally continue breastfeeding and should not be separated from their babies, the World Health...
WHO: Spread of coronavirus by 'asymptomatic' less likely MD Bureau9 Jun 2020 6:00 PM ISTNew Delhi- The spread of Covid-19 by an asymptomatic or someone who is not showing any symptoms appears to be less likely, said WHO in the...
Scientists question study leading to trial suspension of HCQS in COVID-19 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli1 Jun 2020 12:45 PM ISTDozens of scientists have raised concerns over a large-scale study of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine published in the Lancet that led to the World...
HCQS and azithromycin combo in COVID-19 potentially lethal, indicates WHO data Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 May 2020 4:15 PM ISTWHO pharmacovigilance data indicates that Hydroxychloroquinee and azithromycin have increased cardiovascular toxicity.It therefore should not be...
Dephostatinone and colistin combo may help fight against Salmonella Hina Zahid21 May 2020 6:08 PM ISTNatural product dephostatin is an effective partner for the antibiotic colistin in treating infections caused by the bacteria Salmonella
