Separate WHO reports describe widening dengue and chikungunya activity in the Americas and the expansion of cholera outbreaks to four more countries.
The WHO says urgent action is needed if countries around the globe want to reach their water and sanitation goals.
The funding is tailored to meet community needs, help marginalized communities, and modernize data systems.
Deaths caused by bacterial infections accounted for more than 1 in 8 global deaths in 2019, with five pathogens accounting for more than half of those deaths, an international team of researchers reported yesterday in The Lancet.
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the launch of global scientific effort to update the list of priority pathogens, a list used to guide investments and research, especially for vaccines and treatments.
At a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing today, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said Uganda's government is making progress in its battle against Ebola, but he raised concerns about case detections outside the main hot spots.
MSM should be advised that certain sexual practices and lifestyles put them at very high risk.
Over 40% of the US public health workforce plans to leave their jobs within the next 5 years, and 51% said more staff were needed to respond to COVID-19, according to findings from a 2021 survey published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
A related study shows how responding quickly to food illness outbreaks saves lives and significant money.
Three percent of 10,403 adults with COVID-19 pneumonia were diagnosed as having new-onset dementia after a median of 182 days, a significantly higher proportion than that observed with other types of pneumonia, finds a study yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.
