PUTRAJAYA: Health officers from the Health Ministry do not possess the authority to arrest and detain individuals suspected of infectious diseases in the same manner as criminal cases handled by the police. Health Minister Datuk Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad clarified that these authorised officers or PDK were only empowered to stop patients in order to obtain … Read more
 "The disastrous fallout of Taliban’s suspension of polio vaccines in Afghanistan – Firstpost")
Afghanistan is one of only two countries, alongside neighbouring Pakistan, where polio has continued to spread. So the news that the Taliban have suspended polio vaccination will probably have major consequences for the control of the disease in the country and the surrounding region read more The Taliban recently announced that they are suspending its … Read more
U.S. officials sequenced the genome of the virus found in poultry on the farm in Oregon and did not identify any changes to the virus that indicate it’s more transmissible to humans. The risk to the public remains low, they said on Wednesday. The livestock shared water sources, housing and equipment with infected poultry on … Read more
Shortly after his re-election last year, Prime Minister Robert Fico backed the initiative by the far-right Slovak National Party (SNS), one of the coalition members, to create a commission investigating pandemic measures. “The Slovak public simply needs an answer about the vaccination … why people were vaccinated with various experimental vaccines without any tests, why … Read more
Another key target is promoting innovation and access. The pipeline of novel antibiotics is severely limited and existing therapies are difficult to access, especially in lower- and middle- income countries — which are already bearing a heavier burden of antimicrobial resistant infections. Anand Anandkumar, co-founder and CEO of Indian pharmaceutical company Bugworks, said he believes the … Read more
The Dose20:22Why should I be concerned about mosquitoes? Belle River, Ont., teacher Melanie Klimkowski never worried much about mosquitoes, since they never seemed interested in biting her. After learning more about the bugs at a special workshop with her eighth grade class, she says she now carries small amounts of mosquito repellant at all times … Read more
Global coverage of hepatitis C testing and treatment is “too low and stagnating” ― even in countries with advanced health care systems, says the WHO. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All … Read more
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has already said that it needs 10 million vaccines to control the outbreak. EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides on Thursday asked EU countries to tell her how many mpox jabs they planned to donate by the close of this month. The WHO plans to launch a dedicated funding appeal … Read more
During the last global mpox outbreak in 2022, the European Commission contracted Danish manufacturer Bavarian Nordic to supply more than 2 million doses of mpox vaccines over two years, and distributed all the doses it bought to EU countries. Some still have hefty stockpiles left over and it’s up to governments whether they donate them … Read more
One as-yet unknown, however, is who would be eligible for vaccination. While the 2022 outbreak circulated predominantly among men who have sex with men, the clade I outbreak is more prevalent among children — for whom Imvanex is not authorized in Europe. Be prepared But it’s not only vaccines that will prevent and contain an outbreak … Read more
