Cardiology
Mobile phones offer heart lifeline
Technology that turns low-cost mobile phones into sophisticated stethoscopes could save thousands of lives in poor countries.
Sep 16, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Alternative methods of smear collection are effective at diagnosing TB
Two studies by a team of researchers led by Luis E. Cuevas and Mohammed Yassin from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and jointly coordinated with Andrew Ramsay at WHO-TDR Special Programme for Research and Training ...
Jul 12, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cholera cases are on the rise—and Europe shouldn't be complacent about the risk
Cholera, an infection that causes severe diarrhea and can be deadly, is once more spreading in several low-income countries. In its latest update on the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted that the global situation ...
Apr 20, 2023
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Vaccination
WHO hails Africa's first mRNA vaccine hub
Africa's first mRNA vaccine hub was ceremonially launched on Thursday to acclaim from the UN's global health chief, who hailed it as a historic shift to help poor countries gain access to life-saving jabs.
Apr 20, 2023
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Medications
Pfizer to sell more drugs at cost to poor nations
US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced on Tuesday that it will greatly expand the number of medicines and vaccines it sells on a not-for-profit basis to the world's poorest countries.
Jan 17, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Good social relations promote active and healthy aging in Europe, finds researcher
In the older European population, men, as well as those with lower socioeconomic status, weak social ties, and poor health, might experience more difficulties getting informal support and are considered to have a higher risk ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Enduring colonialism has made it harder to end the COVID-19 pandemic
Rich countries are hoarding vaccine doses while poor countries become breeding grounds for new COVID-19 variants.
Aug 12, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID
Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease and risk continued ...
Jul 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
WHO: COVID-19 cases rising nearly everywhere in the world
The number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization.
Jun 30, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhere
As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors acknowledge an ugly reality: The resources to slow the disease's spread have ...
Jun 1, 2022
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