by Contributed | Nov 11, 2022 | Blog
By Daniel Lawler Deadlier than Covid, or even rivalling cancer? Researchers have been increasingly attempting to calculate the effect climate change will have on health if the world does not act quickly to reduce carbon emissions. The World Health Organization, which...
by Contributed | Nov 9, 2022 | Blog
By Nina LARSON The WHO said Wednesday that market forces alone cannot be allowed to determine which vaccines are developed and where they are produced, insisting jabs must be treated as a public good. Vaccines against a number of illnesses save millions of lives every...
by Contributed | Oct 28, 2022 | Blog
Doctors, nurses and other health care professionals can apply to have their YouTube channels certified, the video sharing platform said Thursday, in a push to limit misinformation on the site. The change will allow viewers to more easily access videos containing...
by Contributed | Sep 28, 2022 | Blog
By Nina LARSON Far more must be done to safeguard mental health on the job, the United Nations said Wednesday, presenting new guidelines on how to lessen psychological strains linked to the workplace. The UN agencies for health and labour published two documents...
by Contributed | Sep 20, 2022 | Blog
Uganda’s health ministry on Tuesday announced the country’s first fatality from the highly contagious Ebola virus since 2019, declaring an outbreak in the central district of Mubende. “The confirmed case is a 24 year old male… (who) presented...
