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How will David Tennant return to 'Doctor Who'? 5 theories ranked

We know Ncuti Gatwa will become the 14th Time Lord in 2023, but the hand-off from Jodie Whittaker looks like it will break with tradition. Here are the wildest regeneration theories.

Inverse

Health: COVID Still International Health Emergency, Says WHO

The announcement came although the number of weekly deaths is almost at its lowest level since the pandemic began. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Zimbabwe becomes first African nation to approve HIV prevention drug

World Health Organization welcomes country’s ‘crucial step’ in backing use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA)

The Guardian - UK

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WHO Syria boss accused of corruption, fraud, abuse, AP finds

Staffers at the World Health Organization’s Syrian office have alleged that their boss mismanaged millions of dollars, plied government officials with gifts -- including computers, gold coins and cars -- and acted frivolously as COVID-19 swept the country

The Independent UK

Lebanon warns deadly cholera outbreak ‘spreading rapidly’

Health officials blamed the country’s poor sanitation and crumbling infrastructure, as the disease spreads from Syria.

Al Jazeera

WHO's Tedros says narrow window to 'prevent genocide' in Ethiopia

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there was a "very narrow window now to prevent genocide" in his home region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia.

Reuters

Health secretary Thérèse Coffey gave leftover prescription drugs to a poorly friend – is this advisable or legal?

Thérèse Coffey, the health secretary for England, has admitted to giving her leftover antibiotics to friends and family who were feeling unwell. This led to the British Medical Association issuing a statement, describing her actions as “not only potentially dangerous, but also against the law”.

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WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage

The World Health Organization and its partners are recommending that countries temporarily switch to using a single dose of the cholera vaccine instead of two due to a global supply shortage

The Independent UK

WHO forced to ration vaccine as cholera cases surge worldwide

Health officials halve dose to eke out ‘extremely limited’ supply amid unprecedented rise in outbreaks

The Guardian - UK

WHO says COVID-19 is still a global health emergency

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly three years after it was first declared as one.

Reuters

WHO to switch to one dose of two-dose cholera vaccine amid rising outbreaks

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it will temporarily suspend the standard two-dose vaccination regimen for cholera, replacing it with a single dose due to vaccine shortages and rising outbreaks worldwide.

Reuters

Uganda to deploy Ebola vaccine in 2 weeks, says WHO official

A World Health Organization official says experimental Ebola vaccines will be deployed in Uganda in about “two weeks.”

The Independent UK

Inaction over lack of exercise will cost £24bn a year globally by 2030, WHO warns

Exercise could help prevent 500m new cases of diseases such as diabetes, cancer and stroke – but government policies are lagging behind

The Guardian - UK

Global leaders commit $4 billion in funding at World Health Summit to eradicate polio

The funding will go towards the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) 2022-2026 Strategy to end the highly infectious viral disease.

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WEKU

Contaminated cough syrup from India linked to 70 child deaths. It's happened before

The World Health Organization has issued an alert about the deaths in the West African nation of Gambia. For context, we speak to the authors of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India.

The Guardian - UK

‘Insulting’: shock as NHS uses offensive term for people with learning disability

Category of ‘mental retardation’ in NHS Digital’s annual statistics demeans patients, campaigners say

Bangkok Post

New Omicron sub-variants detected

Two people who recently arrived in Thailand from abroad tested positive for Omicron's immune-evasive XBB sub-variant, according to the Department of Medical Science.

Daily Mirror

Uganda announces 3-week lockdown in desperate bid to stop spread of deadly Ebola virus

Places of worship, bars, gyms, saunas and other entertainment venues will close for the next three weeks, but schools will remain open in the areas affected by Ebola, the Ugandan government said

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Tribune News Service

Gates pledges $1.2 billion to speed end of crippling poliovirus

Bill Gates says polio came tantalizingly close to being eradicated in the spring, before new outbreaks were seeded in Africa and a man was paralyzed in New York. Now the billionaire’s philanthropic foundation is pledging $1.2 billion to complete the mission.

The Independent UK

What is Ebola and what are the symptoms as Uganda hit by deadly new outbreak

There have so far been 58 confirmed cases and 19 deaths since the first case was diagnosed

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the dangers of assuming vaping is a safe alternative to smoking

E-cigarettes can carry serious risks, especially to the young, says the World Health Organization. We need to tighten up the regulations on their use

Zenger

To Fight Ebola, Uganda Closes Two Regions And Bars Funerals

While mines stay open, bars and churches and others without political connections have been closed by government order.

Salon

The monkeypox non-pandemic

Experts feared that monkeypox would cause a pandemic on the level of COVID-19. This is why that didn't come to pass

Daily Mirror

Cholera vaccine to be axed from production despite WHO warning of 'turbocharged' spread

The world is facing an “unprecedented” series of deadly outbreaks from the disease, with Haiti, Syria, Lebanon, Nigeria, Malawi and Ethiopia all fighting waves now

Radio France Internationale

How Western countries could stop Africa making vaccines of the future

While Western donors have stumped up significant funding for a programme to make Covid-19 vaccines in Africa, activists say more support is needed to help poor countries secure the intellectual property rights they need to produce mRNA vaccines beyond the pandemic.

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