Compulsory jabs: Pressure grows on anti-vaxxers
A growing number of countries and territories around the world are forcing people, often in specific sectors, to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Jul 5, 2021
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A growing number of countries and territories around the world are forcing people, often in specific sectors, to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Jul 5, 2021
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Walk into any grocery store, grab a few packaged products, and flip to the ingredients. You'll likely spot added sugars — lots of them — provided you can discern their dizzying array of names: sucrose, dextrose, ...
Jan 11, 2019
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Salt sold in supermarkets and salt shakers in restaurants should be required to carry a front-of-pack, tobacco-style health warning, according to The World Hypertension League and leading international health organizations.
Sep 27, 2019
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The alcohol industry is increasingly funding academic research into the impacts of alcohol consumption—with some studies making claims about the health benefits of alcohol, new research suggests.
Sep 17, 2020
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Without evidence-based public health policies that treat drug addiction as a chronic condition and prioritize prevention, the number of deaths from opioid overdoses in North America is predicted to grow exponentially, adding ...
Feb 3, 2022
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When it comes to e-cigarettes, the ingredients listed are not all that users are consuming. Yale researchers found that chemical reactions in flavored liquids of the popular Juul e-cigarette create unexpected chemicals that ...
Jul 30, 2019
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Electronic cigarettes and similar devices are dangerous to health and must be regulated to curb the tobacco industry's "criminal" tactics to get young people hooked on nicotine, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.
Jul 27, 2021
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A major new study shows "concerning" levels of physical and mental health problems among farmers and agricultural workers.
Oct 12, 2022
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Smartwatches and Fitbits are great for tracking movement, but they weren't designed for the type of people for whom collecting movement data is arguably most important: older adults who use mobility aids like walkers.
Aug 18, 2022
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Led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine with the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, the team analysed the information relating to cancer which appears on the websites and documents of nearly 30 alcohol industry ...
Sep 8, 2017
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