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Global Health Alert: Rising Threats from Contaminated Water, Measles and Screwworm
Global health authorities are warning of growing threats from contaminated water supplies, resurgent measles outbreaks, and the spread of screwworm infestations. Together, these risks highlight the fragility of health systems and the urgent need for coordinated international action, particularly in vulnerable regions.
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Global Life Expectancy Rebounds After COVID: But Youth Deaths Are Rising in the Americas
Global life expectancy is beginning to recover after the sharp decline caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, new data reveal a troubling countertrend: deaths among young people are rising in parts of North America and Latin America, underscoring deep and persistent health inequalities.
Tattoos and Cancer Risk: What New Research Is Beginning to Reveal
Tattoos are now a mainstream form of self-expression, but emerging scientific research suggests that tattoo ink may not remain harmlessly confined to the skin. New studies are prompting researchers to take a closer look at how tattoo pigments behave inside the body and whether they could be linked to long-term health risks, including cancer.
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UNAIDS: Recent Press Release Highlights on HIV/AIDS (2025)
UNAIDS press releases from recent months send a clear warning: progress in the global fight against HIV/AIDS is at risk. Funding gaps, political hesitation and rising inequalities threaten hard-won achievements. At the same time, new prevention tools, partnerships and human-rights-based approaches show that ending AIDS remains possible, if action is taken now.
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Artificial Sweeteners and the Aging Brain: What New Research Suggests
Artificial sweeteners are widely used as sugar substitutes, especially among people with diabetes. But emerging research indicates that regular consumption may be linked to subtle declines in memory and thinking, raising new questions about their impact.
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About a Quarter of U.S. Pregnant Women Miss Early Prenatal Care: Report Warns of Growing Risk
According to the 2025 report by the March of Dimes, around 25% of pregnant people in the United States did not begin prenatal care in the first trimester. The findings highlight deep structural barriers in maternal health, with major consequences for preterm births, infant health, and long-term equity.
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Global “Silent Kidney Crisis”: Chronic Kidney Disease Is Surging Worldwide
A new global analysis reveals that chronic kidney disease has exploded nearly twofold since 1990, reaching as many as 788 million people in 2023. The condition has now become one of the top causes of death worldwide, yet remains vastly underdiagnosed and undertreated, especially in poorer regions.
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New Flu Mutation Raises Fears of the Harshest Season in a Decade
A sudden mutation in a common flu strain has triggered an unusually early and potentially severe flu season, prompting the NHS to issue an urgent “flu jab SOS” and leaving experts concerned this could become the worst outbreak in ten years.
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Brazil reports 1 million dengue cases in 2 months
The Brazil Ministry of Health (MOH) reports the number of total dengue cases in the country has topped 1 million in the first two months of 2024. From January 1 through February 29, the MOH has reported 1,017,278 probable cases of dengue. In addition, 214 deaths from the disease are confirmed and another 687 deaths are under investigation.
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New model identifies drugs that shouldn’t be taken together
Using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers can predict interactions that could interfere with a drug’s effectiveness. Any drug that is taken orally must pass through the lining of the digestive tract. Transporter proteins found on cells that line the GI tract help with this process.
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Sudan Conflict Fuels World’s Largest Internal Displacement
Last week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 10.7 million people have been uprooted from their homes in Sudan, including 9 million displaced internally - two-thirds since the conflict broke out in April 2023. Sudan now has the highest rate of internal displacement in the world, even surpassing Syria’s 7.2 million. This grim record should be a wakeup call
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YouTube starts verifying health workers in the UK
YouTube has launched a verification system for healthcare workers in the UK as it battles disinformation online. In 2022, health videos were viewed more than three billion times in the UK alone on the video-sharing platform.
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South Korean doctors strike in protest of plans to add more physicians
Surgeries have been delayed and hospitals have turned away patients after more than 1,600 doctors in South Korea went on strike on Tuesday. The junior doctors are protesting the government's plans to introduce more trained physicians into the system.
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Three Ways Forward in a Post Covid-19 World
There are three important ways forward in addressing the pandemic and its impacts on health and wellbeing in the years to come.
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Gender-sensitive Workplace Health Promotion: Why It Is Important and How It Can Be Implemented in Practice
Sex and gender are important determinants of health, but we often lack criteria for effective gender-sensitive work place health promotion. A team at the Austrian Health Promotion Fund are working to overcome these challenges. They have developed 17 criteria and a 62-point checklist for workplace health promotion initiatives.
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COVID-19: the worst may be yet to come
As much of western Europe begins to ease countrywide lockdowns, globally the pandemic may still be in its infancy, with more than 160 000 new cases reported each day since June 25. Individual countries count cases differently, so direct comparisons are difficult, but the numbers illustrate a worrying pattern. At a subnational level the picture is nuanced, with local hotspots, but at a country level the picture is clear—the world is facing a worsening multipolar pandemic.
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Medicine shortages in the EU: causes and solutions
Find out why there is a shortage of medicines, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and how Parliament wants to improve the situation
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Coronavirus Makes Inequality a Public Health Issue
“It may seem like a ridiculous idea but the only way to fight the plague is with decency.” – Dr Rieux in Albert Camus’s 1947 novel, The Plague.
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A ‘Cure’ for Ebola but Will it Stop the Outbreak if People Won’t Get Treatment?
While people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are slowly being made aware that scientists have discovered two drugs that are effective in treating Ebola, letting go of the fear and anxiety that has prevailed across the country this year will require more work.
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The Role of Women’s Organisations in Crisis-Settings
To mark World Humanitarian Day, we celebrate the overlooked women leaders who are first responders, unwavering advocates, and powerful change-makers in humanitarian emergencies.
Yet to truly power progress, we can’t stop at celebrating their efforts – we must also push for the support and investment women humanitarians need to continue their vital work.
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CRA shortage is worsening while demand grows – a vicious circle which opens masses of job opportunities
Are you interested in roles like Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) and Clinical Trial Assistants (CTAs) and looking for interesting job opportunities and career perspectives?
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Why Doctors Hate Their Computers
Digitization promises to make medical care easier and more efficient. But are screens coming between doctors and patients?
On a sunny afternoon in May, 2015, I joined a dozen other surgeons at a downtown Boston office building to begin sixteen hours of mandatory computer training.
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Junior hospital doctors
“Junior” doctors: does terminology matter?
David Matthews from the Oxford Health Alliance suggests abandoning the term “junior” to address the low morale of UK “trainee” hospital doctors, aged between 23 and 40 years.
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90–90–90 Treatment for All
An ambitious treatment target to help end the AIDS epidemic
By 2020, 90% of all people living with HIV will know their HIV status ...
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Incident Management System
To enhance World Health Organisations Emergency Programme (WHE) response capability,
To enhance World Health Organisations Emergency Programme (WHE) response capability, WHE proposed the development of a series of training packages to build staff competencies, skills and knowledge, to enhance deployment and response capability.
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MARIJUANA: The Latest Scientific Findings and Legalization
California, Massachusetts, Maine, and Nevada became the latest states to legalize recreational marijuana, bringing to 28 the number of states that have okayed the drug for medicinal use, recreational use, or both ...
What do we know about the health impacts of marijuana, and what do we still need to learn?
European Virus Archive goes global
EVAg is a network of laboratories including 16 EU member state institutions and 9 non-EU institutions, that represent an extensive range of virological disciplines. EVAg establishes close relationships and collaborations with international organizations involved in public health (WHO, OIE and FAO).
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Establishing a Global Vaccine-Development Fund
As the Ebola epidemic in West Africa continues, albeit at a much lower level than it reached in the spring, we still lack a vaccine that has been shown to be safe and effective.
Much attention has appropriately been directed at major disease targets such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis, and malaria, for which organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Wellcome Trust are providing considerable financial support. Similar attention has been devoted to the provision of currently licensed pediatric vaccines, which is supported by GAVI (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization).
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