Category: Health

[ad_1] “The heavy rains, widespread flooding and the high level of displacement are all fuelling the risk of cholera transmission and putting the lives of children at risk,” said UNICEF regional director for West and Central Africa Gilles Fagninou. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by consuming food or water contaminated with bacteria. The […]

[ad_1] The cancellation of most US funding in January means many services to the most vulnerable people have been cut or put on hold. Multiple political, security and socioeconomic crises have led to 5.7 million people suffering from a lack of food and have forced 1.3 million people to flee their homes. With a dramatic […]

[ad_1] Professor Michele Dougherty has been approved by King Charles III to be the new Astronomer Royal, and will be the first woman to hold this position since the role was first created in 1675. The role of Astronomer Royal was first created with the goal of discovering how to determine longitude at sea when […]

[ad_1] World Hepatitis Day is observed each year on 28 July to raise awareness of viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, mostly caused by a viral infection that progresses to severe liver disease and liver cancer. Hepatitis is a major public health problem across the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, affecting 27 million […]

The Trump administration is set to unveil a new initiative aimed at enhancing digital access to health care data for older Americans and individuals with disabilities enrolled in Medicare. The announcement, scheduled for Wednesday at the White House, will mark a major step toward modernizing patient information exchange across the federal health system. 🖥️ Industry […]

[ad_1] If bacteria had a list of things to fear, phages would be at the top. These viruses are built to find, infect and kill them – and they have been doing it for billions of years. Now that ancient battle is offering clues for how we might fight back against antibiotic-resistant infections. As more […]

[ad_1] The deal was announced on Monday by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, current chair of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN, and was due to take effect at midnight local time. The clashes, which began on 24 July, reportedly displaced more than 130,000 people in Thailand and over 4,000 in Cambodia, UN aid partners said […]

[ad_1] The report estimates 8.2 per cent of the global population (673 million individuals) experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 per cent in 2023 and 8.7 per cent in 2022. Latin America and Asia saw improvements, with the prevalence of undernourishment falling by 1.2 percent in Asia and 1 percent in Latin America and […]

[ad_1] The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Focal Awards will champion the next generation of researchers, offering future-facing training in areas vital to the UK’s creative economy and societal wellbeing. The awards will foster the strategic skills needed in arts and humanities research which align closely with AHRC’s vision, mission, and theory of […]