Diarrhoea kills more than 500 in Somalia since January: UN
Cholera and acute diarrhoea have killed more than 500 people and left tens of thousands of others sick in drought-hit parts of Somalia since January, the United Nations said Thursday.
View ArticleCherokee nation sues retailers, distributors over opioid crisis
(HealthDay)—A lawsuit has been filed by an Indian nation against six of the top drug distributors and pharmacies in the United States for harm done by prescription pain medications.
View ArticleIndia gets its first free condom store
A global charity Wednesday launched a free condom store in India to try to reduce new cases of HIV/AIDS in a country with the world's third highest number.
View ArticleNew study shows youth violence on decline
Contrary to popular perception, a new study by Boston University professor Christopher Salas- Wright finds that youth violence is declining—and at noteworthy rates.
View ArticleUN confirms 58 cholera cases across Yemen
The United Nations on Thursday confirmed 58 cases of cholera and 47 cholera-associated deaths across war-torn Yemen in the past two weeks, the second such outbreak in a year.
View ArticleMeningitis caused almost 180 deaths in Niger since January: UN
At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January in Niger, where some 3,000 suspected cases have been reported, the United Nations said Wednesday.
View ArticleQueen's University Belfast co-lead one of world's biggest trials in...
A new technology—'dialysis for the lungs'—which could save thousands of lives in Intensive Care Units is being taken forward by researchers at Queen's University Belfast in one of the biggest clinical...
View ArticleYemen cholera cases could jump to 300,000 by September: UN
A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen will probably have infected more than 300,000 people by September, up sharply from the current tally of nearly 193,000 cases, the United Nations said Friday.
View ArticleAs South Sudan's civil war rages, cholera takes deadly toll
Clasping frail arms around his stomach, Machar Weituor doubles over in pain as he slowly positions himself over the hole in his bed. Too feeble to make it to the toilet, the 40-year-old groans faintly...
View ArticleUN: Cholera outbreak in Yemen has spread and over 1,600 dead
The United Nations says the cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has now spread to all 21 governorates and there have been 270,000 suspected cases and over 1,600 deaths from the disease since late April.
View ArticleRural physicians report significant barriers in treating opioid use disorder
More than half of rural counties in the United States lack a physician trained and waivered by the Drug Enforcement Agency to treat opioid use disorder using Buprenorphine Maintenance Treatment....
View ArticleBritain to hold inquiry into contaminated blood scandal
Britain will launch a new inquiry into a contaminated blood scandal dating back decades which has left 2,400 people dead, officials said Tuesday after pressure from MPs to look into possible criminal...
View ArticleExperts call for a ban on children rugby tackling
In light of the British Lion's rugby success, Newcastle University experts warn steps need to be taken to ensure children's safety when they play the sport.
View ArticleUN asks countries to shift $40 mn to Haiti cholera fund
The United Nations said Thursday it will ask countries to voluntarily hand over $40.5 million remaining from the budget of the soon-to-close mission in Haiti to help victims of cholera there.
View ArticleNerlynx approved to help prevent breast cancer's return
(HealthDay)—Nerlynx (neratinib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help prevent HER2-positive breast cancer from returning.
View ArticleICRC says 600,000 Yemenis could contract cholera in 2017
More than 600,000 people are expected to contract cholera in Yemen this year, the International Committee of the Red Cross warned Sunday as the war-torn country's healthcare system faces collapse.
View Article80% of Yemen children in need of immediate aid: UN
A vicious combination of war, cholera and hunger has left 80 percent of Yemeni children in desperate need of aid, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
View ArticlePhilippines has fastest growing HIV infections in Asia: UN
The Philippines has the fastest growing number of HIV infections in Asia, a report by the United Nations and the government showed Tuesday.
View ArticleEx-Miss Universe urges HIV testing in Philippines
The Philippines' former Miss Universe conducted a public HIV test in Manila on Wednesday a week after the United Nations said her country had the fastest-growing number of infections in Asia.
View ArticleTrump declares opioid crisis a 'national emergency'
US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the opioid crisis in the United States constitutes a "national emergency" and pledged to step up efforts to fight the epidemic.
View ArticleYemen's blood bank faces threat of closure within days
Yemen's blood bank has sent out an urgent appeal to anyone who will listen, as war and a blockade on the capital may force the centre to close within a week.
View ArticleCholera outbreak in northern Nigeria kills at least 23: UN
The United Nations says a cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria has killed at least 23 people and threatens thousands of others displaced by the Boko Haram extremist insurgency.
View ArticleWHO urges Yemen to accept vaccines as cholera crisis deepens
The World Health Organization on Monday urged Yemen to approve cholera vaccinations it has offered to help contain an epidemic that could affect nearly a million people by year's end.
View ArticleTackle and scrum should be banned in school rugby, argue experts
Allyson Pollock and Graham Kirkwood at Newcastle University, say the evidence shows that collision sports, such as youth rugby, carry high rates of injury - and they call on the government to "put the...
View ArticleTrump poised to declare opioid crisis a national emergency
President Donald Trump is poised to meet with top advisers and officially declare the opioid crisis in the United States a "national emergency," he said on Wednesday.
View ArticleIf sitting is the new smoking, should employers be held liable?
Doctors have warned us for years about the health risks associated with sitting too much. Researchers have linked sitting for long periods of time to a number of health issues, including increased high...
View ArticleAlmost 21 million worldwide now have access to HIV meds
(HealthDay)—The number of people with HIV who take life-saving antiretroviral medications has increased by tens of millions worldwide in recent decades, a United Nations report says.
View ArticleRemoving chemical used to make Teflon-like coatings has led to fewer low...
Government and industry efforts since 2003 to phase out chemicals used to make non-stick coatings, such as Teflon, have prevented more than 118,000 low-weight births and related brain damage in the...
View ArticleThe Japanese concept of ikigai might be a better goal than happiness
Happiness is the subject of countless quotations, slogans, self-help books and personal choices. It is also being taken seriously by national governments and organisations like the United Nations, as...
View ArticleFemale genital mutilation continues as change comes slowly
The 25-year-old Kedija had her external genitalia removed and her vagina sewn up when she was just seven days old. She has faced a lifetime of pain.
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