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Men carry cancer-causing HPV. But gender bias in immunisation targets vaccine toward women

Women are at a higher risk of contracting cancers from HPV. But studies suggest a significantly higher prevalence of the virus in men.

‘We will not go back to old cycle of panic’: WHO negotiates new rules to fight future pandemics

WHO already has binding rules known as International Health Regulations, which in 2005 set out countries' obligations where public health events have potential to cross borders.

‘If not now, then when’: WHO chief urges nations to make reforms, prepare for next pandemic

At the UN health agency's annual assembly, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the next pandemic was bound to 'come knocking'.

Artificial sweeteners don’t aid weight loss, may increase diabetes, heart disease risk, says WHO

Latest WHO guidelines — which will differ in countries depending on consumption — aim to establish healthy eating habits & decrease the risk of noncommunicable diseases.

Using data by AI for healthcare could be ‘biased or misused’, warns WHO

The WHO said it was enthusiastic about the potential of AI but had concerns over how it will be used to improve access to health information, as a decision-support tool and to improve diagnostic care.

Wegovy, other weight loss drugs ‘no silver bullet’ to address global obesity rates: WHO

Francesco Branca, WHO director of nutrition and food safety, says drugs for obesity are important but must be 'part of a comprehensive approach'.

US urges WHO to invite Taiwan to observe its annual meeting in May

China, which considers Taiwan to be one of its provinces, began blocking its participation in the WHO's annual assembly from 2017, in a diplomatic campaign to isolate the island, which rejects the Chinese sovereignty claims.

WHO experts to decide whether Covid-19 still an emergency

WHO first gave Covid its highest level of alert on January 30 2020, and the panel has continued to apply the label ever since, at meetings held every three months.

First H3N8 bird flu death recorded in China, no other cases found in close contacts, says WHO

The patient had multiple underlying conditions, said the WHO, and a history of exposure to live poultry.

China holds the key to understanding Covid origins, says WHO chief

The virus was first identified in China's Wuhan in Dec 2019, with many suspecting it spread in a live animal market before fanning out around the world & killing nearly 7 million people.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.