Category: Health

Telehealth firm 9amHealth has partnered with Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Company to provide U.S. employers with lower-cost obesity treatment options. The collaboration aims to expand access to affordable medications for weight management and chronic conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol, and hypertension. How Cost Plus Drugs Lowers Prices Cost Plus Drugs contracts directly with […]

But hunger has followed them. Over 57 per cent of the population in the world’s youngest country to the south is already facing high levels of acute food insecurity. Sudan and South Sudan are among five global hunger hotspots of “highest concern”, trapped in a worsening cycle of conflict, climate shocks and economic decline. Continued […]

Between 1 January and 30 May, at least 2,680 people – including 54 children – were killed, 957 injured, 316 kidnapped for ransom, and many more subjected to sexual violence and child gang recruitment. “Alarming as they are, numbers cannot express the horrors Haitians are being forced to endure daily,” said Mr. Türk. Conflicts on […]

Tom Fletcher noted that over 30 million people require humanitarian assistance. Moreover, with famine declared in multiple places and over 14.6 million people displaced, Sudan represents the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. “Again and again, the international community has said that we will protect the people of Sudan. The people of Sudan should ask […]

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced the launch of a new digital hub in Leeds, reinforcing its long-term commitment to driving innovation and expanding its presence across the UK. Leeds was chosen for its growing reputation as a digital health leader, supported by a strong academic ecosystem and a thriving technology […]

The warning comes amidst increased violence and a worsening food security condition which has 11 out of 13 counties in the state facing emergency levels of hunger and 32,000 of these inhabitants facing catastrophic level hunger conditions, almost three times previous estimates. “We are seeing the devastating impact conflict has on food security in South […]

The University of Oxford’s vaccine candidate against the deadly Nipah virus has received PRIME (PRIority MEdicines) designation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)—a significant regulatory milestone that makes Oxford the first UK academic institution to secure this status. Launched in 2016, the EMA’s PRIME scheme supports the development of medicines that target conditions with high […]

Europe is warming faster than any other WHO region, and the impact on people’s health is growing more severe. From rising death rates to increasing climate-related anxiety, nearly every health indicator linked to climate has worsened in recent years.  In response, WHO/Europe on Wednesday launched a new initiative – the Pan-European Commission on Climate and Health (PECCH) […]

From: Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Ireland 461 Additional Student Places to be Introduced Across Nine Priority Disciplines The Government has approved a significant expansion of training places for Health and Social Care Professions (HSCPs), with up to 320 new places to be made available in 2025 and a further […]

Australian researchers are pioneering a groundbreaking blood test that could dramatically simplify the diagnosis of coeliac disease by eliminating the need for patients to consume gluten prior to testing — a major hurdle in current diagnostic protocols. The new approach works by analyzing a patient’s blood sample after it has been exposed to gluten in […]