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Disease X: The Next Pandemic Could Come from Anywhere

Disease X is once again grabbing headlines, as a UK health expert issues a warning that it has the potential to trigger another pandemic on the scale of Covid-19, potentially claiming the lives of millions. The World Health Organization (WHO) has also taken notice of this mysterious ailment, placing Disease X in the category of […]

Disease X: The Next Pandemic Could Come from Anywhere
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WHO Suspends UN Supply of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin Citing ‘Deficiencies’

The World Health Organization has halted the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, manufactured by India’s Bharat Biotech, through United Nations agencies to allow the producer to update facilities and rectify problems discovered during an inspection. The WHO asked countries that have received the vaccine to take appropriate actions, according to the statement, but did […]

WHO Suspends UN Supply of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin Citing ‘Deficiencies’
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Bangladesh Most Polluted Country, Dhaka 2nd Worst Capital

According to the 2021World Air Quality Report by IQAir, a worldwide air quality data platform, Bangladesh is the world’s most polluted country, with Dhaka as the second most polluted city. On Monday, the worldwide real-time air quality information network released its annual air quality report. Apart from Bangladesh, Chad, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and India ranked first […]

Bangladesh Most Polluted Country, Dhaka 2nd Worst Capital
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Omicron Variant ‘Almost Certainly’ Not more Severe than Delta

According to top US scientist Anthony Fauci, the new Covid-19 variety Omicron is not worse than previous strains, and may even be gentler. The chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden divided the knowns and unknowns concerning Omicron into three categories: transmissibility, evasion of prior infection and vaccine immunity, and sickness severity. It’s “certainly very […]

Omicron Variant ‘Almost Certainly’ Not more Severe than Delta
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