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WHO says one in six people globally affected by infertility, calls for more consistent data

The WHO report analysed existing studies conducted from 1990 to 2021 and showed that about 17.5% of adults across the world were affected by the inability to have a child.

India challenges WHO global modelling estimates for TB, is first to develop own model

Data from 1st prevalence survey was used for model. India’s TB incidence rate is now 196 per 1 lakh people instead of WHO estimate of 210. The country has highest TB burden in the world.

Tanzania confirms its first-ever cases of highly fatal Marburg viral disease, says WHO

The WHO said the confirmation by Tanzania's national public laboratory followed deaths of 5 of 8 people in Kagera region.

New Covid origins data indicates virus may have started from Wuhan wet market, not a lab leak

Experts who evaluated genetic data from Wuhan Market Covid samples discovered the presence of raccoon dogs’ DNA. It suggested that the animals were being sold in the market.

WHO questions China on ‘delay & transparency’ as Covid data from 2020 is uploaded in 2023, then deleted 

WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus also says he is ‘confident that this year we will be able to say that Covid-19 is over as a public health emergency of international concern’. 

Exodus of healthcare workers from poor countries worsening, WHO says

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 55 countries with some of the 'world's most fragile health systems' do not have enough healthcare workers.

SubscriberWrites: What we learnt in six months of working with senior citizens among urban poor

There is always a son who is unemployed, just lost employment, is looking for a job, or a divorced daughter with children to care for, write Aruna Chakravorty & Wyonna Dsouza

China Covid peak to last two to three months, to hit rural areas, says top epidemiologist

Infections are expected to surge in rural areas as hundreds of millions travel to their home towns for the Lunar New Year holidays.

2020 — 2022: WHO’s initial praise for China on Covid response turns to concern, demand for data

Criticised as the 'Chinese Health Organisation' in 2020, the WHO now wants information from China to 'better understand the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic'.

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Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.