Doctors and other health professionals must use their unique and privileged position in society to take action on the climate crisis, say The BMJ editors and environmental health experts today.
Oct 6, 2021
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The global pharmaceutical industry should set up a $2.0 billion (1.8-billion euro) global innovation fund to help kickstart research into developing more resistant antibiotics, experts said on Thursday.
May 14, 2015
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Financial crises are periods characterized for some by devastating losses of income, work, a certain future, and a stable family life. The effect on mental health can be catastrophic. But what does the evidence tell us about ...
Nov 24, 2023
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Medical supplies of almost any sort are in short supply in Venezuela, so workers at a maternity hospital in Caracas are racing to confront the rapidly spreading coronavirus by making surgical masks, one by one.
Mar 18, 2020
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(HealthDay)—They might be too young to abuse opioids themselves, but America's kids are suffering nonetheless because of their drug-dependent parents.
May 14, 2019
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Fear, isolation and stigma are impacting the mental health of Africans during the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists say.
Apr 24, 2020
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Research has shown that the U.S. is facing a mental health crisis, with specialists unable to keep pace with a surge in cases during the pandemic. Amanda Baker, an assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Boston's medical establishment is coming together to carry a message to area physicians and other health care workers: Climate change plays a role in many of the illnesses they see each day. A Feb. 13 symposium, "The Climate ...
Feb 11, 2020
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A whole town celebrated in 2020 when, early in the coronavirus pandemic, Thomasville Regional Medical Center opened, offering state-of-the-art medicine that was previously unavailable in a poor, isolated part of Alabama. ...
May 17, 2022
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Connecticut is poised to become a hub for endometriosis research and innovation following the unanimous passage of House Bill 6672, "An Act Concerning Endometriosis," which creates a first-of-its-kind endometriosis data and ...
Jun 8, 2023
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