Sunday, 8 August 2021 (YJC)_ The corona delta has become the predominant virus in the UK, and with its growing prevalence, the number of corona cases and deaths in the country has reached its highest level in six months.
Wednesday, 23 September 2020_Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has blamed indigenous people for the catastrophic fires that have raged through the Amazon region’s rain forest, and rebutted international criticism of his handling of the coronavirus epidemic .
Tuesday, 25 August 2020_In Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, roads are full of traffic and markets are crowded with people. Life is returning to normalcy after Pakistan showed remarkable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Contrary to earlier predictions, the country has successfully flattened the curve, allowing business activities to resume.
Tuesday, 28 July 2020_Political commentator Banbose Shango believes Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro should be jailed for his abysmal handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington will continue with its economic sanctions against Iran as part of its attempts to bring about regime change.
Tehran 29 February _The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday raised its global risk assessment of the new coronavirus to its highest level after the epidemic spread to sub-Saharan Africa and financial markets slumped.
Tehran 8 February _The number of deaths from China's new coronavirus epidemic jumped to 722 on Saturday, surpassing the toll from the SARS outbreak on the mainland and Hong Kong almost two decades ago.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has praised China for taking “successful” measures to contain the deadly coronavirus outbreak, slamming the United States for attempting to exploit the health crisis caused by the pandemic.
Tehran 23 January_Three separate research teams are to start work on developing potential vaccines against the new coronavirus that has so far claimed the lives of 18 people and is causing an epidemic across China.
TEHRAN, Nov 28_The International Committee of the Red Cross Yemen (ICRC) has warned that Yemen is grappling with a new outbreak of dengue fever, adding to its woes of war and cholera caused by a devastating Saudi-led aggression.
TEHRAN, August 15 -Since the turn of the century, American obesity rates have skyrocketed. And now a new study indicates that as the nation's waistlines expand, cancers long linked to obesity are striking the middle-aged more than ever before.
TEHRAN, May 25 -Despite the nation's opioid epidemic , U.S. dentists are far more likely to prescribe addictive opioid painkillers than their British counterparts, a new study reveals.
TEHRAN, Mar 04 -As time has passed, the number of fast food restaurants has expanded, along with the average size of waistlines throughout the United States. One reason for that expansion is that fast food restaurants offer more things now than ever, a new study says.
TEHRAN, November 03 -Babies who are prescribed antibiotics before they're 2 years old may be more likely to become obese children, new research suggests.
TEHRAN, May 21, YJC - Swarming Al-Sabeen Hospital in the capital Sana’a, Yemeni medics and civilians have cited horrifying accounts of how a cholera epidemic is wreaking havoc in the war-torn country.
WASHINGTON, Oct 09, 2014 (AFP) - Haiti's cholera epidemic is still an emergency and a let up in response based on the decreasing number of cases could have "tragic consequences," a UN special envoy said Wednesday.