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On May 5, 2023, WHO officially announced the termination of the Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19. It means that the COVID-19 epidemic has ravaged the world for more than 3 years and caused 7 million deaths has been effectively controlled. It is also a major milestone in the end of the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Heart Association recently updated the essentials of heart care in the official journal “Circulation”, adding sleep health to the original Life’s Simple 7, and turning it into Life’s Essential 8 of heart care. It highlights that sleep quality has a certain influence on heart health and hopes everyone can pay more attention to sleeping well and maintaining health.

WHO announced on the 23rd that monkeypox was listed as a public health emergency of international concern. As of yesterday, there have been more than 18,000 cases from 75 countries around the world. The number of diagnosed in the USA has exceeded one thousand in a single day, and San Francisco declared a state of emergency on August 1.

A recent study in the UK found that only 30 percent of people who contracted COVID-19 fully recovered after a year. The WHO also estimates that about 10-20% of patients will develop symptoms of long COVID. Common symptoms include tiredness, trouble breathing, poor sleep quality, muscle and chest pain, reduced concentration and memory, and emotional problems. Studies in the United States also found an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease within a year of infection.

The United Nations has warned that the measles virus is spreading. In January and February this year, the number of measles notifications worldwide has increased by 79% compared with the same period last year, with the most severe cases in Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean region, and Ukraine. WHO and UNICEF recommend immediate action to increase measles vaccine coverage as soon as possible to prevent the next wave of outbreaks.

The United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands, ruled on the 16th that Russia must immediately stop its attacks…

According to new research from the University of Washington, antibiotic resistance is a growing problem. In 2019, nearly 1.27 million people worldwide…