What is the deadly Marburg virus and where has it spread?
Rwanda is fighting its first outbreak of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus which was first reported in late September. As of ...
Tag: health
DRC launches first mpox vaccination drive in efforts to curb outbreak
The vaccine will first be given to health workers and those with existing health issues.The Democratic Republic of Congo has ...
WHO approves first mpox test for faster diagnoses
The ‘real time PCR test’ will enable the detection of the virus by swabbing human skin lesions.The World Health Organization ...
UK parliament to consider assisted dying law this month
Nine years after the failure of the last assisted dying bill and amid a change in public opinion, MPs to ...
The Oura ring got a facelift. Here’s what to know about the newly released product
Celebrities, CEOs, and health optimizers, including Mark Zuckerberg, Jennifer Aniston, Kim Kardashian, and Gwenyth Paltrow, have been seen sporting the ...
Why It’s Time to Uncouple Obstetrics and Gynecology
What we’ve come to recognize as the modern OB-GYN specialty first emerged in the early 20th century when obstetrics and ...
Medicare, prescription drug costs most important to voters in 2024 election, finds Gallup poll
With just five weeks remaining until the election of the 47th U.S. president, more than half of Americans say protecting ...
Lawsuit accuses YouTube of harming youth mental health
Arkansas sued YouTube and parent company Alphabet on Monday, saying the video-sharing platform is made deliberately addictive and fueling a ...
How Medicare Advantage insurers gain influence and keep billions in overcharges
Federal officials resolved more than a decade ago to crack down on whopping government overpayments to private Medicare Advantage health ...
Starving Gaza
A Palestinian doctor tries to save severely malnourished children amid Israel’s US-backed illegal siege on Gaza.Ahmed Nasser is one of ...
Many Gen Xers demand menopause hormone drugs, and they won’t take no for an answer
Some 65 million Americans count themselves as members of Generation X—more than half of them are women. Many of those ...
Getting enough sleep but still exhausted? These 7 types of rest can help
You can say Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith wrote the book on rest. And that’s because she did. After five years into ...
‘It’s needless death’: Ugandan activists decry restrictive abortion laws
Kampala, Uganda – At exactly 3:21pm on August 25, Moses Odongo received a call informing him that his 14-year-old cousin ...
Chappell Roan drops out of upcoming festival to prioritize health
On the heels of blasting the “abuse and harassment” accompanying fame to her 3.4 million TikTok followers—prompting ridicule and pushback—pop ...
Syria funding crisis leaves vital Idlib hospital on brink of closure
Idlib, Syria – Ayman al-Khayal, 43, sat with his family as he waited for his latest dialysis session at Bab ...
Nations unite at the UN to combat antimicrobial resistance threat
At the recent United Nations General Assembly in New York, all countries approved a major new political declaration to radically ...
Q&A: ‘Coloniser’ microbes to superbugs – How antibiotic resistance behaves
Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is a rising global health concern – with doctors, scientists and public health experts sounding the ...
Strive for excellence, not perfection
Imagine you’re working on a project for which you have a very particular vision. But every time you put pen ...
Debunking Myths About the Fentanyl Crisis Can Help Us Face It
The bowling ball on my chest is always heaviest at 3 a.m. Its steady pressure pushes me out of sleep ...
Jill Biden announces $500 million government plan focusing on women’s health at Clinton Global Initiative
First lady Jill Biden on Monday unveiled a new set of actions to address health inequities faced by women in ...
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