Mon 29 January 2024: Education authorities in Zambia announced for the second time on Wednesday a further rescheduling of the reopening of schools as cholera cases continue to surge in the country. Minister of Education Douglas Syakalima said that schools, which were expected to open on Jan. 29, will now open on Feb. 12. Initially, […]
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Mon 29 January 2024: As part of a national initiative to reduce youth vaping, ministers plan to outlaw disposable vaping devices. Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of ambitious government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health, the Prime Minister has announced today [Monday 29 January] […]
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Sat 27 January 2024: Europe saw 30,000 measles cases last year, 30 times higher than for 2022, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday calling for an “urgent” vaccination campaign. “We have seen in the region not only a 30-fold increase in measles cases, but also nearly 21,000 hospitalisations and five measles-related deaths. This is concerning,” said the […]
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Tue 23 January 2024: The mosquito-borne disease kills more than 600,000 people a year, mainly in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. Children under five years old account for more than 80 percent of deaths on the continent. Following a pilot phase, the RTS,S vaccine is being rolled out at scale across Africa, starting […]
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Sun 21 January 2024: The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed encouraging statistics indicating a substantial reduction in global tobacco users, now standing at 1.25 bn individuals, or one in five adults. This marks a significant improvement from the year 2000 when one in three adults were tobacco users, highlighting a positive trend in the fight against […]
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Wed 17 January 2024: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is helping 13 nations in eastern and southern Africa deal with one of the worst cholera outbreaks in years, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. Since the beginning of the year, UNICEF has documented over 200,000 cases of cholera, with over 3,000 deaths in eastern and […]
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Wed 17 January 2024: Everyone seems to have a different opinion when it comes to how often towels and bed sheets should be washed. While many people might wonder whether days or weeks is best, in one survey from the United Kingdom, almost half of single men reported not washing their sheets for up to four months at […]
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A researcher takes samples from a bat’s mouth inside Sai Yok National Park in Kanchanaburi province, west of Bangkok. [FILE: Sakchai Lalit/AP Photo] Sun 14 January 2024: A recently identified bat virus that can infect humans has raised concerned about zoonotic transmission in Thailand. The controversial research group behind this discovery, EcoHealth Alliance, previously […]
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Fri 12 January 2024: At every moment, your body’s internal organs are sending signals to your brain. You’ll be mostly unaware of them, but sometimes they cut through: for example when you’re hungry, or when you need to go to the bathroom. Our ability to tap into these hidden signals is called interoception – sometimes […]
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Thu 11 January 2024: On Wednesday, January 10, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the most common variant of the coronavirus, COVID-19, was the cause of an increase in cases last month during Christmas get-togethers worldwide. The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that December had about 10,000 recorded deaths. […]
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