Category: Health

“I will never allow my daughter to go through what happened to me,” she told UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency. What happens when conflict displaces tens of thousands of people in hotspots like Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Ukraine, and women die every day in childbirth or pregnancy? […]

President Trump’s executive order of 20 January is regrettable “and we hope the US will reconsider,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a speech to the organization’s executive board. The WHO chief said he would welcome the opportunity “to preserve and strengthen the historic relationship between WHO and the US.” Pushing back on the […]

Fighting escalated sharply in late January, as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized control of parts of North Kivu, including areas near the regional capital Goma, and advanced towards South Kivu. Before the latest violence, mpox cases had been stabilizing, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in a speech to the agency’s executive board. Health system overwhelmed […]

GE Healthcare has unveiled plans for a significant €132 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Carrigtwohill, Cork, a move set to address the rising global demand for diagnostic imaging agents. This new state-of-the-art facility will enable the production of an additional 25 million patient doses of contrast media annually by 2027. Contrast media, essential […]

The World Autism Awareness day takes place on 2 April anually, as a precursor and prelude to that, here are some quick facts about this extraordinary condition. A recent study published in The Lancet Psychiatry reveals a significant rise in the global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In 2021, one in every 127 people […]

Health authorities in Kampala confirmed that one patient has died – a nurse who had sought treatment at various other medical facilities after developing fever-like symptoms. In response to the outbreak of the often deadly and infectious haemorrhagic fever which is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids and tissue, WHO is mobilising efforts to support […]

Penn Medicine has entered into a strategic partnership with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs to improve the procurement of generic prescription medications, aiming to reduce costs and increase efficiency in pharmacy operations. This collaboration will focus on providing Penn Medicine with a selection of 100 commonly dispensed medications without the typical price markups that often […]

The move from the UN agency dedicated to ending the disease came in response to an immediate 90-day funding pause for all foreign assistance laid out in an executive order by President Trump, including the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR is the world’s leading HIV initiative which directly supports more than […]

The internet also remains down in the provincial capital and only mobile phone networks are functioning, with M23 fighters apparently in control of “a significant portion of the city” after intense clashes with the Congolese army, UN agencies reported on Wednesday. Aid teams from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) “cannot move freely to support the hospitals, […]

Recent research has suggested that two popular medications, Ozempic and Wegovy—primarily known for treating diabetes and aiding weight loss—may also offer benefits for mental health and substance use disorders. The study, conducted by researchers at the Veterans’ Affairs St. Louis Health Care System, examined over 1.2 million medical records and found a potential link between […]