World Health Monitor

27/07/2022

Marburg is a rare but severe viral hemorrhagic fever, almost as deadly as the more well-known Ebola virus disease. Case fatality rates for Marburg have varied from 24% to 88% in previous outbreaks, while Ebola case fatality rates have varied from 25% to 90%. Unlike with Ebola, there are currently no approved treatments or vaccines for Marburg, according to the WHO...

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/07/27/ghana-declares-1st-ever-outbreak-of-deadly-marburg-virus-disease/

Marburg is a rare but severe viral hemorrhagic fever, almost as deadly as the more well-known Ebola virus disease. Case fatality rates for Marburg have varied from 24% to 88% in previous outbreaks,…

27/07/2022

Weeks after postponing his Wonder: The World Tour in order to tend to his mental health, Shawn Mendes has pulled the plug on all scheduled future shows....

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/07/27/shawn-mendes-cancels-world-tour-to-seek-help-for-his-mental-health/

Weeks after postponing his Wonder: The World Tour in order to tend to his mental health, Shawn Mendes has pulled the plug on all scheduled future shows.

26/07/2022

The city workers discharged from their positions included 36 NYPD personnel, 25 Fire Department employees and 914 staff members of the NYC Department of Education...

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/07/26/ny-city-has-fired-more-than-1750-employees-for-not-getting-covid-vaccination/

The city workers discharged from their positions included 36 NYPD personnel, 25 Fire Department employees and 914 staff members of the NYC Department of Education

24/07/2022

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to issue the declaration despite a lack of consensus among experts serving on the U.N. health agency’s emergency committee. It was the first time the chief of the U.N. health agency has taken such an action.

https://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/07/23/despite-a-lack-of-consensus-who-declares-monkeypox-a-global-emergency/

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the decision to issue the declaration despite a lack of consensus among experts serving on the U.N. health agency’s emergency committee. I…

12/04/2022

Germany's Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said the Bundestag's decision would make things harder in autumn, when a wave of infections is expected. Most Germans support making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory....

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/04/12/vaccine-mandate-for-people-over-60-rejected-by-german-lawmakers/

Germany’s Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said the Bundestag’s decision would make things harder in autumn, when a wave of infections is expected. Most Germans support making COVID-19 v…

29/03/2022

Florida Department of Health (DOH) is alleging that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) erroneously changed the state’s public-use Covid-19 data without consulting the DOH and failed to respond to multiple attempts to correct the error.

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/29/florida-health-department-accused-cdc-of-altering-floridas-covid-death-data/

Florida Department of Health (DOH) is alleging that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) erroneously changed the state’s public-use Covid-19 data without consulting the DOH and failed to respond t…

26/03/2022

New emails procured by a watchdog organization suggest that the Biden administration’s top health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acted without proper data when setting COVID guidance, including on the reopening of schools....

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/26/watchdog-obtains-dr-faucis-leaked-emails-showing-cdc-covid-guidance-was-based-on-bad-data/

New emails procured by a watchdog organization suggest that the Biden administration’s top health officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) acted without proper data when se…

25/03/2022

Swab tests suggest about one in every 16 people is infected, as the contagious Omicron variant BA.2 continues to spread.

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/25/uk-tests-showed-about-one-in-every-16-people-is-infected-with-cases-increased-by-1-million/

Swab tests suggest about one in every 16 people is infected, as the contagious Omicron variant BA.2 continues to spread.

24/03/2022

Epidemic forecasting has a dubious track-record, and its failures became more prominent with COVID-19

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/24/covid-prediction-was-a-big-failure-study-shows/

Epidemic forecasting has a dubious track-record, and its failures became more prominent with COVID-19

23/03/2022

Moderna’s two-dose Covid vaccine only 44% effective at preventing infection from omicron in children 6 months to under 2 years old and about 38% effective for children 2- to 5-years-old, according to data released by the company.

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/23/moderna-wanted-fda-approval-for-children-vaccine-despite-it-showed-only-44-effectiveness/

Moderna’s two-dose Covid vaccine only 44% effective at preventing infection from omicron in children 6 months to under 2 years old and about 38% effective for children 2- to 5-years-old, according …

22/03/2022

Many cancers might be avoided if people did at least five hours of moderate-intensity exercise per week, according to a report in the Oct. 4, 2021, issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/22/five-hours-of-weekly-exercise-will-help-prevent-some-cancers-study-shows/

Many cancers might be avoided if people did at least five hours of moderate-intensity exercise per week, according to a report in the Oct. 4, 2021, issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & E…

21/03/2022

VAERS data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included a total of 1,183,495 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 25,641 deaths and 208,209 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020,

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/21/483-more-deaths-after-covid-vaccines-reported-to-vaers-as-pfizer-and-moderna-push-for-more-boosters/

VAERS data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included a total of 1,183,495 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 25,641 d…

21/03/2022

New Orleans has lifted its COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for entrance into bars, restaurants, gyms and other public spaces.

http://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/21/new-orleans-drops-covid-vaccine-mandate-for-most-public-spaces/

New Orleans has lifted its COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for entrance into bars, restaurants, gyms and other public spaces.

13/03/2022

The most recent death involves a 7-year-old boy (VAERS I.D. 2152560) from Washington who died 13 days after receiving his first dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine when he went into shock and suffered cardiac arrest. He was unable to be resuscitated and died in the emergency department

https://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/13/child-died-cardiac-arrest-pfizer-shot-vaers/

The most recent death involves a 7-year-old boy (VAERS I.D. 2152560) from Washington who died 13 days after receiving his first dose of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine when he went into shock and suffered c…

13/03/2022

The FDA argued it would take them 75 years to redact all the personal information contained in the thousands of documents they have on file, related to the Pfizer vaccine.

https://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/13/experts-pfizer-data-court-blocked-75-years/

The FDA argued it would take them 75 years to redact all the personal information contained in the thousands of documents they have on file, related to the Pfizer vaccine.

13/03/2022

WHO Told Ukraine To Destroy Pathogens Including From US-Funded Biological Labs

The World Health Organization (WHO) advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country’s public health laboratories to prevent “any potential spills” that would spread disease among the population, the agency told the Reuters news agency.

Biosecurity experts say Russia’s movement of troops into Ukraine and bombardment of its cities have raised the risk of an escape of disease-causing pathogens, should any of those facilities be damaged.

Its labs have received support from the United States, the European Union and the WHO.

Read More: https://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/12/who-ukraine-destroy-pathogens-us-biological-labs/

12/03/2022

The World Health Organization (WHO) advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country’s public health laboratories to prevent “any potential spills” that would spread disease among the population

https://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/12/who-ukraine-destroy-pathogens-us-biological-labs/

The World Health Organization (WHO) advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country’s public health laboratories to prevent “any potential spills” that would spread disease a…

11/03/2022

As many as a third of all child deaths from Covid in the US have occurred during the Omicron surge of the pandemic.

https://worldhealthmonitor.com/2022/03/11/one-third-child-covid-deaths-omicron/

As many as a third of all child deaths from Covid in the US have occurred during the Omicron surge of the pandemic. Children seem to be facing increasing risks from Covid-19 even as mask mandates d…