Since 2000, measles vaccination has averted an estimated 57 million deaths worldwide, but vaccination coverage decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic and has not returned to prepandemic levels, according to research published ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Measles deaths globally spiked by more than 40% last year and cases rose after vaccination levels dramatically dropped during the pandemic, leading health agencies said Thursday.
Nov 16, 2023
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Around the world, wealthy countries are struggling to afford long-term care for rapidly aging populations. Most spend more than the United States through government funding or insurance that individuals are legally required ...
Nov 16, 2023
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If you need medical care, you're more likely to skip it due to cost issues if you're American than if you're Australian, Canadian, British or French, a new report finds.
Nov 16, 2023
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The Australian Women's Economic Equality Taskforce delivered a major report last month drawing attention to what it called the "motherhood penalty"—the 55% cut in earnings for Australian women in the first five years after ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Housing is a critical social determinant of health. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines healthy housing as a shelter that supports physical, mental and social well-being.
Nov 16, 2023
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Social assistance programs have strongly reduced child mortality in Brazil, and their expansion could prevent nearly 150,000 child deaths by 2030. The study, led by the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), shows ...
Nov 16, 2023
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Every year 1.3 million lives are lost to cancers caused by smoking tobacco across the UK, US and BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), according to a new study.
Nov 15, 2023
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Waiting for two minutes or longer to clamp the umbilical cord of a premature baby likely reduces the risk of death soon after birth, compared with immediately clamping the cord or waiting a shorter time, according to two ...
Nov 14, 2023
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An expert scientific committee advising the British government recommended for the first time Tuesday that children should be immunized with the chickenpox vaccine—decades after the shots were made widely available in other ...
Nov 14, 2023
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