Over 80% of predicted heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by the end of the century could be prevented if global warming is limited to 2°C, according to a modeling study published in The Lancet ...
Apr 3, 2023
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Record levels of obesity and physical inactivity among children mean they are set to bear the brunt of poorer health effects from rising global temperatures—that's the stark warning in a new comprehensive review of current ...
Aug 5, 2022
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Nearly 800,000 people commit suicide each year—more than those killed by war and homicide or breast cancer, the World Health Organization said Monday, urging action to avert the tragedies.
Sep 9, 2019
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Global inequities in access to COVID vaccines have turned out to be a "catastrophic moral failure," just as the World Health Organization warned they would in January 2021. Yet it took 20 months of negotiations for members ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Monkeypox cases continue to climb in the United States, although gradually, federal health officials said Friday.
Jun 13, 2022
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The world has become more vulnerable to outbreaks of disease caused by contaminated food because of growing global trade, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.
Oct 13, 2011
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The widening gap between personal disposable income and the cost of housing is strongly linked to poor health, preventable deaths, and suicide, finds an international study of developed countries accepted for publication ...
Nov 16, 2022
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About 38 million people around the world are living with HIV. About 70% of them live in Africa. This shows that there is no solution to the AIDS pandemic without a solution in Africa. In 2021, there were 1.5 million new cases ...
Jan 9, 2023
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An extra 267,000 infants will likely have died in 2020 in low and middle income countries as a result of the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, finds a modeling study, published in the online journal BMJ Open.
Aug 23, 2021
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New antibody tests might be game-changers in keeping the public safe from infection while restarting the economy. Giving "immunity passports" to those who have tested positive for having had the disease would allow thousands ...
May 5, 2020
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