A photograph shows collected cough syrups in Banjul, Gambia on Oct 06, 2022. (MILAN BERCKMANS / AFP) The World Health Organization is investigating whether there is any connection between manufacturers whose contaminated cough syrups it has linked to the deaths of more than 300 children in three countries, a person familiar with the matter told […]
A photograph shows collected cough syrups in Banjul, Gambia on Oct 06, 2022. (MILAN BERCKMANS / AFP) LONDON – The World Health Organization has called for "immediate and concerted action" to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year. In 2022, more than 300 children – […]
In this May 4, 2016 photo, the sculpture "non violence" of Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward can be seen at Hotorget in Stockholm. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM – With 60 people killed in shootings in Sweden so far this year, 2022 will become the deadliest year since these statistics were compiled in 2016, Swedish […]
A woman covers her head with a bag as she walks at Puerta del Sol square during a hot day as Spain braces for a heatwave in Madrid, Spain, June 10, 2022. (SUSANA VERA / FILE PHOTO / REUTERS) Summer heatwaves in France, Germany, Spain and Britain led to more than 20,000 "excess" deaths, a […]
Logo of the Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd company is seen on a board outside their office in New Delhi, India, Oct 6, 2022. (ANUSHREE FADNAVIS / REUTERS) BANJUL – Gambia has not yet confirmed that toxic cough syrup was the cause of the deaths of 70 children from acute kidney injury, a representative of the country's […]
In this file photo taken on May 10, 2016, a woman and children walk through the Senegalese-Gambia border town of Karango. (SEYLLOU / AFP) The deaths of dozens of young children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the World Health […]
People wait for COVID-19 testing in the Queens borough of New York, the United States, Dec 29, 2021. (PHOTO/XINHUA) GENEVA – The number of COVID-19 cases worldwide has surpassed 600 million, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO). As of Thursday, WHO reported that there have been 600,555,262 confirmed COVID-19 cases […]
A healthcare worker dons a bouffant cap as staff treat patients suffering from coronavirus disease at Humber River Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 29, 2021. (COLE BURSTON / AFP) OTTAWA – The Public Health Agency of Canada on Friday confirmed 25,204 new COVID-19 cases for the week of July 31 […]
Masked patrons wait to order at a food stand inside Grand Central Market on July 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. (MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / AP) WASHINGTON / LIMA – Newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases in the United States remain close to 130,000 daily, the highest level since February, MarketWatch reported on Wednesday. The number of cases is […]
Members of the public queue outside a pharmacy to receive COVID-19 antigen tests in Paris on Jan 6, 2022, as COVID-19 cases soar in Europe. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) STOCKHOLM / VALLETTA / PARIS – Europe is engulfed by a new COVID-19 wave as the number of new infections has tripled in six weeks, the […]
A man receives a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Babington Hospital in Belper on Dece 16, 2021 as the UK steps up the country's booster drive to fight a "tidal wave" of Omicron. (OLI SCARFF / AFP) RIGA / PARIS / NAIROBI / LONDON – More than 200,000 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded across […]