Despite belief in some quarters to the contrary, the bodies of victims of natural disasters or armed conflict rarely pose a health threat to communities, the Red Cross and the World Health Organization said Friday.
Sep 15, 2023
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The first clinical trial of a three-month tuberculosis (TB) treatment regimen is closing enrollment because of a high rate of unfavorable outcomes with the investigational course of treatment.
Jul 5, 2023
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The COVID pandemic has disrupted many areas of routine healthcare including, importantly, childhood vaccination.
Jul 5, 2023
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Pregnant women with anemia are substantially more likely to suffer life-threatening bleeding after childbirth, according to a new study published in the journal The Lancet Global Health.
Jun 29, 2023
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The Gavi vaccine alliance said Tuesday that it had helped provide routine vaccines to over one billion children since it was established 23 years ago, saving millions of lives.
Jun 13, 2023
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The World Health Organization on Saturday launched a global network to help swiftly detect the threat from infectious diseases, like COVID-19, and share the information to prevent their spread.
May 20, 2023
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The World Health Organization downgraded its assessment of the coronavirus pandemic on Friday, saying it no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The action reverses a declaration that was first made on January 30, 2020, ...
May 5, 2023
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The World Health Organization may no longer consider COVID-19 a global health emergency, but the virus is not going anywhere.
May 5, 2023
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A new Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center study in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology investigated how endometriosis, uterine leiomyomas (also known as fibroids) and a common intervention for these conditions—hysterectomy—changed ...
May 4, 2023
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The WHO said Wednesday that COVID-19 deaths had dropped by 95 percent since the start of the year—but warned the virus was still on the move.
Apr 26, 2023
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