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3 days ago · COVID-19, highly contagious respiratory illness, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is caused by the coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2. There is no cure for COVID-19, but individuals can be protected against severe illness through vaccination. Learn about the symptoms, treatment, and prevention of COVID-19.
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1 day ago · As of January 2023, taking into account likely COVID induced deaths via excess deaths, the 95% confidence interval suggests the pandemic to have caused between 16 and 28.2 million deaths. For the latest daily updates of cases, deaths, and death rates see COVID-19 pandemic death rates by country.
2 days ago · The World Health Assembly (WHA) today recognized the progress made over the past two years by Member States to develop a pandemic agreement and strengthen the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005). Governments meeting in Geneva for the Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly are in talks to advance these two efforts, which aim to boost the world’s ability to better able to prevent and ...
16 hours ago · With the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, we need to focus on universal vaccines and/or immunotherapeutic strategies and technologies to tackle ongoing endemic infections with SARS-CoV2, influenza, and RSV and prepare for any future pandemics, says Dr Babita Agrawal In the 21st century, we have ...
2 days ago · The World Health Organization is kicking off its annual meeting on Monday and government ministers and other top envoys are looking to reinforce global preparedness for, and responses to the next pandemic in the devastating and deadly wake of COVID-19.
May 18, 2024 · COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory. This is a general overview and status of places affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus which causes coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) and is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
2 days ago · Unfortunately, no: The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t going anywhere. What’s changing is the U.S. government’s approach, which means prevention, care and treatment are about to become more ...
