The importance of integrating mental health into preparedness and response plans for public health emergencies was emphasized by WHO Member States at the WHO Executive Board meeting. Delegates expressed their strong support for the adoption ...
A new model of disease spread describes how competing economic and health incentives influence social contact – and vice versa. The result is a complex and dynamic epidemic trajectory based on people’s behavior. The morning ...
Global greenhouse gas emissions over the last century have made southern China a hotspot for bat-borne coronaviruses, by driving growth of forest habitat favoured by bats. A new study published in the journal Science of the ...
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are racing to contain a possible Ebola outbreak after a woman has died from the virus. The woman came from the town of Biena, North Kivu and ...
The Australian Government has secured an additional 10 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID 19 vaccine on the advice of the Scientific Industry Technical Advisory Group on Vaccines led by Professor Brendan Murphy. Through the ...
Australian construction and fit-out company, Unita, has announced the launch of their new Healthcare division, Unita Health, with world-renowned brain surgeon Professor Charlie Teo, singing the companies praises. The launch of Unita Health’s medical and ...
Breast cancer has now overtaken lung cancer as the world’s most commonly-diagnosed cancer, according to statistics released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in December 2020. The global cancer landscape is changing, ...
FIFA is teaming up with the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote the need for fair access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostics, and to encourage people to keep practicing life-saving, everyday public health measures ...
New data published by the CDC estimate that on any given day in 2018, 1 in 5 people in the U.S. has had a form of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The analyses, published in the ...
To address the lack of access to tests and testing services in multiple countries, WHO since 2018 has published a yearly essential diagnostics list (EDL), a basket of recommended in vitro diagnostics that should be available at ...
Chronic pain or pain that persists or recurs for longer than three months in children is a significant public health problem and a leading cause of morbidity in children globally. Without access to pain management, ...