The Haitian health ministry estimates that almost 40 per cent of facilities providing beds for treatment, including the country’s main university hospital, have shut down in the last two months alone because of insecurity and looting, mainly perpetrated by gangs. Haiti, and in particular Port-au-Prince, continues to witness unprecedented levels of lawlessness and brutality as […]
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According to the latest UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) initiative, over half the population in Sudan – 25.6 million people – face “crisis or worse” conditions between now September 2024, coinciding with the lean season. Learn more about famine and the IPC’s five levels of food security in our explainer here. Even worse, […]
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Prof. Hagai Levine, chair of the Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians, said at the beginning of a state control committee meeting on Monday that there is no rehabilitation plan in place to treat freed hostage Noa Argamani. Argamani, the woman whose image was the very representation of the fight to bring the hostages back […]
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The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, or World Drug Day, is commemorated every year on June 26 and aims to increase action in achieving a drug-free world. This year’s campaign recognises that “effective drug policies must be rooted in science, research, full respect for human rights, compassion, and a deep understanding of the […]
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When a child receives painkillers to relieve the discomfort from surgery, it can determine how much pain they experience. According to researchers at Bnei Zion Medical Center in Haifa, those who received them before the operation rather than after suffered less pain and had to take fewer painkillers. A separate study by a team from […]
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Notably, the vast majority of these deaths were among men, with the highest prevalence in the 20-39 age group. The death rates were also highest in low-income countries and lowest in high-income countries. “Substance use severely harms individual health, increasing the risk of chronic diseases, mental health conditions, and tragically resulting in millions of preventable […]
Continue ReadingIchilov Hospital announced on Monday evening it had begun a clinical trial for a West Nile virus medicine called Interferon. On Sunday, Dr Sharon Alrai-Price addressed the spread of the disease that claimed the lives of two Israelis, stating, “Testing needs to be done … What we are seeing this year is unusual, and […]
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This is significant progress compared to the 2018 figure of just six per cent, or less than half a billion people, when the ambitious target to eliminate all trans fat from the global food supply by the end of 2023 was initially set by WHO. “Trans fat elimination is attainable, affordable and life-saving, and WHO remains […]
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Partaking in cannabis, a recreational and medicinal substance commonly smoked or ingested, may increase the risk of severe COVID-19, a new study published on Friday found. The research, published in the peer-reviewed academic journal JAMA Network, found that one of the many factors increasing the risk of a severe COVID infection is smoking cannabis. While […]
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