The Indian government and its COVID-19 con
As the recent spat with the WHO over COVID-19 mortality figures suggests, clumsy attempts to influence the global narrative will only undermine India’s international reputation.
Japanese researcher suggests ties between omicron variant and severe hepatitis in children
Professor Hiroshi Nishiura told the coronavirus advisory board that countries with larger omicron infection rates report higher numbers of childhood hepatitis.
WHO chief says China's 'COVID-zero' policy is not 'sustainable'
The comments come after China's leaders have repeated their resolve to battle the virus with tough measures and threatened action against critics at home.
Japan detects more probable cases of acute hepatitis in children
The number of potential cases has reached seven, the health ministry said Friday, with one patient also testing positive for the coronavirus.
Death toll during pandemic far exceeds totals reported by countries, WHO says
Nearly 15 million more people died during the pandemic than would have in normal times, the WHO has said, a staggering measure of COVID-19’s true toll.
Three children died of acute hepatitis in Indonesia last month
Earlier, Singapore confirmed a case of acute hepatitis in a 10-month old baby and is investigating to see if it has a similar presentation to other cases reported around the world.
U.S. CDC casts doubt on COVID causing kids’ mysterious liver disease
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released its most detailed report yet on nine cases of pediatric hepatitis in Alabama that have captured national attention.
Possible case of mysterious acute child hepatitis found in Japan
The patient, who has been hospitalized, corresponds to the working definition of a “probable case" of the acute, severe hepatitis provided by the World Health Organization.
Mystery liver disease in children spurs urgent investigation
One child has died and more than a dozen have undergone liver transplants as a result of a mysterious outbreak of severe acute hepatitis.
The drive to vaccinate the world against COVID is losing steam
There is a growing sense of resignation among public health experts that high COVID-19 vaccination coverage may never be achieved in most lower-income countries.
India is stalling WHO’s efforts to make global COVID death toll public
More than one-third of an additional 9 million deaths are estimated to have occurred in India, but the country is not alone in undercounting the pandemic's toll.
While many nations are relaxing public health and social measures, and drastically reducing testing for the virus, the WHO's group of experts said the pandemic is far from being at an end.
