Haiti receives first cholera vaccine shipment
Infectious disease expert Dr. Payal Patel joined CBS News' Vladimir Duthier with more on the arrival of the first vaccine doses to combat the deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti.
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"Monkeypox" renamed "mpox"
The World Health Organization says monkeypox is being renamed mpox in order to combat racist associations and stigma associated with the original name. Both names will be used during a transition period over the next year. Dr. Jay Varma, director of the Cornell Center for Pandemic Prevention and Response at Weill Cornell Medicine, joins "CBS News Mornings" to discuss the name change and what we've learned thus far about the virus.
Health agencies renaming monkeypox to help fight stigma
The World Health Organization urged countries to adopt the new name for the disease, citing the "ongoing negative impact" of the original.
Millions of children worldwide left susceptible to measles, new report finds
In 2021, there were about 9 million measles cases and 128,000 measles deaths worldwide, according to the CDC and WHO.
WHO reports 90% drop in world COVID-19 deaths since February
The head of the World Health Organization says there's "cause for optimism."
Watch: Biden gives first prime-time address
President Joe Biden on Thursday gave his first prime-time address to mark the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a pandemic. Earlier in the day, the president signed the $1.9 trillion economic relief package. Watch his full speech.
China's COVID-19 response hits businesses
China's "zero-COVID" policy has triggered widespread lockdowns, fear, unrest, and major economic issues. Businesses across the country are facing significant setbacks and criticism over their responses. Lawrence Gostin is the director of the World Health Organization's collaborating center on national and global health law. He joins CBS News to discuss the growing issues.
WHO "concerned" over potential scope of Uganda's Ebola outbreak
Officials are investigating eight recently reported cases that seemed to have no link to known contacts already infected with Ebola.
COVID-19 is still a global health emergency, WHO says
The committee acknowledged that the pandemic has gotten better, but believes the world must remain vigilant as the COVID-19 virus has proven unpredictable.
"Unprecedented rise in cholera" forces "last-resort" vaccine policy
As "floods, droughts, conflict" and other factors make out breaks "more numerous, more widespread and more severe," officials shift to a one-dose strategy.
WHO warns world to get active — or risk developing serious illness
A report from the World Health Organization found that 500 million people will develop diseases if they don't increase their physical activity.
Uganda is racing to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak
Officials say the current outbreak of Sudan ebolavirus may be to blame for at least 23 deaths, and one expert tells CBS News he sees it "getting worse before it gets better."
WHO director: COVID "end is in sight"
The director of the World Health Organization says the end of the COVID-19 pandemic "is in sight." Dr. David Agus discusses what the future may look like for boosters, infections and deaths.
COVID deaths are at lowest point since March 2020, WHO says
At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world has never been in a better position to stop COVID-19.
As Monkeypox eases in the West, Africa, yet again, is left behind
"Africa is still not benefiting from either monkeypox vaccines or the antiviral treatments," says one expert, lamenting the latest risky case of medical inequity.
9/6: Face The Nation
This week on "Face the Nation", as the fall presidential campaign season kicks off, the country faces unprecedented challenges and the candidates work to convince, distract and excite voters.
Waterborne diseases spreading among flood victims in Pakistan
The U.N. children's agency said more than 3 million children were in need of humanitarian assistance and stood at heightened risk of diseases, drowning and malnutrition.
Expert discusses COVID-19 origins, vaccine
A Wall Street Journal report says lab researchers in Wuhan, China, sought hospital care for "symptoms consistent with both COVID-19 and common seasonal illness" in November 2019, a month before the first case of coronavirus was officially confirmed there. Dr. Jessica Justman, senior technical director at ICAP and associate professor of medicine in epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, joins "Red and Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with her reaction, plus insights into reports of heart problems in a small number of vaccinated young adults.
Doctor on monkeypox outbreak, vaccine supply
The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox a global emergency, and the White House says the federal government is considering a similar declaration. Jericka Duncan spoke with Dr. Celine Gounder on "CBS News Mornings" about what this designation means and what she thinks the U.S. government should be doing about the outbreak.
WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency
The World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a global emergency.
Monkeypox cases jump 77% in a week, WHO reports
The agency said nine additional countries had reported cases.
Doctor on growing concerns about monkeypox
The World Health Organization says it does not currently consider monkeypox a global health emergency despite a growing number of cases in Europe and the U.S. Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist and editor-at-large for public health at Kaiser Health News, joins CBS News' John Dickerson to discuss what needs to be done to address the outbreak.
WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency
More than 3,300 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed to date in 42 countries where the virus hasn't been typically seen.
WHO to rename monkeypox as it studies possible sexual transmission
The global health agency has already said the virus can be transmitted through close physical contact. Officials and patients caution against stigmatizing any group.
Air pollution slashing 10 years off life expectancy in India's capital, study says
Billions living in the world's top four most polluted countries — all of them in South Asia — could be facing a life shortening impact of air pollution.
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