Tag: World Health Organization (WHO)
Monkeypox: World Health Organization declares it a global health emergency – here’s what that means
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox epidemic a global health emergency.
The committee of independent advisers who...
Omicron is the new COVID kid on the block: five steps to avoid, ten to take immediately
What not to do: ban travel. Scenes at South Africa’s OR Tambo International airport after the first flight bans were announced. Phill Magakoe...
Will Australia follow Europe into a fourth COVID wave? Boosters, vaccinating kids, ventilation and masks may help us avoid it
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Europe is facing a fourth wave of COVID. As we watch on, it is reasonable to ask whether Australia will be...
I was the Australian doctor on the WHO’s COVID-19 mission to China. Here’s what we found about the origins of the coronavirus
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Doctor Dominic Dwyer: pic courtesy ABC
As I write, I am in hotel quarantine in Sydney, after returning from Wuhan, China....