Category: Health

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the halt in hostilities but said “the crisis is far from over and the needs are immense.” He highlighted the toll of months of conflict: more than 170,000 people injured –including 5,000 amputees and 3,600 people with severe burns. At least 42,000 require long-term rehabilitation, and 4,000 women give birth each […]

SEATTLE, Oct. 23, 2025 — A new analysis from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), published in The Lancet, shows that ischemic heart disease has once again overtaken COVID-19 as the leading global cause of death. The findings highlight the enduring toll of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and […]

DUBLIN, Oct. 23, 2025 — Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD has endorsed the publication of new guidance designed to make the cost of medicines and pharmacy services more transparent for patients. The framework, developed by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), will require pharmacies to clearly display service fees and provide detailed receipts […]

BOSTON, Oct. 23, 2025 — The sixth edition of the State of Global Air (SoGA) report, published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI) in collaboration with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and the NCD Alliance, reveals that air pollution remains the leading environmental risk factor for global mortality, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations […]

UKRI is asking its communities to share their views by taking part in our 2025 stakeholder perspectives survey. The perspectives survey is now in its third year. It provides valuable insight to UKRI on where we are performing well and how we can improve to better meet the needs of our external stakeholders. All types […]

A woman’s fertility usually begins to decline in her mid-30s. This means the chances of becoming pregnant decreases drastically each month. For a long time, scientists thought that the key culprit behind this rapid decline in fertility was egg quality. This is understandable, since women are born with all of the eggs they will ever […]

Cancer treatment has come a long way, but many of today’s therapies still come with steep costs: not just financial, but physical and emotional too. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy remain vital tools, yet they often damage healthy cells alongside cancerous ones, leaving patients exhausted and vulnerable to long-term side effects. Around the world, researchers are searching […]

A University of Bath study shows that while electric buses are cheaper to fuel and maintain than diesel, they can spend longer off the road due to: parts shortages the need for specialist repairs This means operators, especially smaller and rural ones, may need spare vehicles to keep services running, adding to costs. By tackling […]

Innovate UK is collaborating with the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) to deliver the £40 million Water Innovation Cross-Sector Challenge, as part of the £400 million Ofwat Innovation Fund. This challenge is designed to identify and deliver innovative cross-sector solutions to common challenges across the water environment, driving mutual benefits for the sectors involved and […]

Stroke can happen to anyone, at any age and at any time. The number of strokes among younger adults under 55 is rising worldwide, and every day in the UK around 240 people experience the traumatic and life-changing effects of a stroke. A stroke is sometimes described by doctors and stroke awareness campaigns as a […]