Second booster shots are recommended for people over 55 at highest risk of severe illness, death from COVID-19
More than 6 million people in Tigray have been under siege by Ethiopia and Eritrea for nearly two years, with no basic services
Country's legislation amended, granting women the same right as men to pass their nationality to their children
Global unemployed youths estimated to reach 73 million this year
The warm temperatures came despite a weak La Nina event, which is supposed to have a cooling influence
Unitaid says many hospitals have been damaged or destroyed, and supply chains broken, putting thousands of newborns at high risk of disability or death
Report cites growing threats among increasing restrictions on press freedom
Disruptions in health services due to COVID-19 threaten to roll back gains
Conflict, climate change, and COVID-19 turned the region into a hunger hotspot
UNHCR says it received less than 20% of the $225 million required to run its humanitarian operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year
The World Health Organization is urgently appealing for $123.7 million to provide emergency aid for millions of people facing hunger and disease in the Horn of Africa
A third of 93 sites surveyed in 13 countries showed serious levels of acute malnutrition
Protection is lacking on journey toward North Africa, Europe
The injectable form can provide two months of continuous protection against HIV infection through a single intramuscular injection
COVID-19 cases and deaths are on the rise again following waves of transmission driven by Omicron subvariants
UNAIDS warns progress in ending HIV/AIDS as a public health crisis by 2030 is stalling and urgent, bold action is needed to get it back on track
Monitoring group says Beijing-imposed legislation undermines fundamental rights, freedoms of city-state residents
Anyone exposed to someone with monkeypox — that could be family members or other close contacts, including sexual partners — should be vaccinated, the World Health Organization says
Update calls for vaccinating all health care workers, vulnerable populations
Over the past month, monkeypox has spread rapidly and widely from 3,000 cases in 47 countries to more than 16,000 cases in 75 countries
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