After Covid-19, fears of 'creeping epidemic' of non-communicable diseases
The former health minister says this will be worse than the Covid-19 pandemic.
WHO to use 'mpox' for monkeypox to tackle stigma
WHO launched a public consultation process to find a new name for the disease earlier this year and received more than 200 proposals.
WHO vows nothing 'ridiculous' as public submits ideas to rename monkeypox
Pressure is growing for a new name for the disease, in part because critics say it is misleading, since monkeys are not the original animal host.
NZ urges extra travel precautions to prevent foot and mouth outbreak
Indonesia, including popular tourist destination Bali, have recently had an outbreak of foot and mouth disease, raising the risk that the virus could reach New Zealand.
Fears of waterborne disease rise in Bangladesh as floods recede
More than 4.5 million people have been stranded and 68 people killed in Bangladesh, 46 in the worst flooding in the Sylhet region in the northeast for more than 100 years.
Global food crisis ‘will kill millions’ by disease, health executive warns
A Russian naval blockade of Ukraine's Black Sea ports has stopped grain shipments from the world's fourth-largest exporter of wheat and corn, raising the spectre of shortages and hunger in low-income countries.
The age of outbreaks: Experts warn of more animal disease threats
Around 60% of all known human infections are zoonotic, as are 75% of all new and emerging infectious diseases, according to the UN Environment Programme.
Rare monkeypox outbreaks detected in North America, Europe
Canada was the latest country to report it was investigating more than a dozen suspected cases of monkeypox, after Spain and Portugal detected more than 40 possible and verified cases.
TB deaths on the rise again globally due to Covid-19, says WHO
The organisation estimates that around 4.1 million people have tuberculosis but have not been diagnosed or officially declared, up sharply from 2.9 million in 2019.
