In African health news this week, the continent reported progress against major diseases even as funding gaps continue to weigh on public-health programs. South Africa has begun trials for its first ...

The Marburg virus is one of the deadliest known pathogens, causing severe bleeding, fever, vomiting, and diarrhoea, and has ...

As brain health shifts from a medical concern to a global wellbeing priority, new research highlights why prevention must ...

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In September, Vox reported that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services decided not to publish ...

Ethiopia confirmed its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease after sending samples from a cluster of suspected cases of ...

At the annual meeting of the world’s major economic powers, U.S. objections are blocking the usual policy statements, ...

A recent study found that Lebanon has the world’s fastest-rising cases of cancer and cancer-related deaths. Ali Mokdad, ...

Advocates, citing a report from the Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction (GSTHR), are urging the WHO FCTC at COP11 to end ...

Climate change is already driving a global health emergency, with over 540 000 people dying from extreme heat each year and 1 in 12 hospitals worldwide at risk of climate-related shutdowns, warns a ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its first global guidelines for the management of diabetes during ...

Medication is the default schizophrenia treatment; however, it may not address key symptoms like social and cognitive ...