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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the MVA-BN vaccine as the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its prequalification list. more
Israel-Palestine: WHO alerts over 22,500 have suffered ‘life-changing injuries’ in Gaza

More than 22,500 people – a quarter of those wounded in Gaza since Israel’s offensive began – have life-changing injuries, requiring rehabilitation services “now a ...

Study finds links between use of lotions and skin care products with higher levels of phthalates in children’s urine

A new study led by primary investigator Michael S. Bloom, professor in the Department of Global and Community Health at George Mason University’s College of Public Health, has found ...

USA: Missouri registers first human case of bird flu with patient having no previous animal exposure

US health officials have confirmed the first human case of avian influenza A(H5) ('H5 bird flu') with the patient reporting no immediate exposure to an animal.

WHO warns 71 percent spike in cholera deaths reported in 2023

The number of deaths caused by cholera is on the rise, according to global cholera statistics for 2023 published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday.

Avoid taking your mobile phone to bed if you want to sleep better, finds study

Despite what we’ve been led to believe, the timing of evening screen time, rather than the activity itself, negatively impacts youth sleep, a University of Otago study has found.

WHO-backed study shows mobile phones are not causing brain cancers

A World Health Organization commissioned systematic review into the potential health effects from radio wave exposure finds no association between mobile phone use and head cancers.

WHO releases guidance aiming to reduce ‘antibiotic pollution’ from manufacturing labs

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued its first-ever guidance aimed at curbing antibiotic pollution from manufacturing.

Gaza: Parents line up to protect their children from polio amid ongoing Israel-Hamas crisis

If the UN-led polio vaccination campaign currently underway in Gaza is to be successful in halting the spread of a virus that has resurfaced in the Strip after 25 years, 90 per cent of ch ...

New study finds cardiovascular disease disproportionately affects middle-income countries

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the most common cause of death across Europe but while CVD mortality rates are generally decreasing, the decline is much less in middle-income than in ...