WHO: Nations step closer to global guides on pandemics, disease outbreaks

WHO: Nations step closer to global guides on pandemics, disease outbreaks

The two processes are complementary, guided by the imperative of making the world safer from communicable diseases and ensuring equitable responses to public health threats, said Ashley Bloomfield, former Director-General of Health of New Zealand, who co-chairs the working group on updating the 2005 WHO International Health Regulations, which concluded its latest round of discussions…

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A rare disease in which a person begins to speak in an unfamiliar language

A rare disease in which a person begins to speak in an unfamiliar language

An American man began speaking with an ‘Irish accent’ after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, researchers say. Amazingly, the man had never been to Ireland. The North Carolina resident, who was in his 50s, likely suffered from Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) and was losing control of his accent, the British Medical Journal reported. This rare…

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