Mon 05 February 2024: Scotland is preparing to raise the lowest price of alcoholic beverages by a significant thirty percent in an effort to address health issues associated to alcohol consumption. According to the Guardian, ministers in Edinburgh are expected to approve the price hike from 50p to 65p per unit beginning in May, which […]
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Sat 03 February 2024: For you to have a bright, productive and efficient day, you first need to stop reaching out to one specific item as soon as you open your eyes: your phone. Doctors have advised that using a mobile phone the first thing after waking up can have serious detrimental effects on our […]
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Fri 02 February 2024: The number of new cancer cases globally will reach 35 million in 2050, 77 percent higher than the figure in 2022, according to predictions from the World Health Organization’s cancer agency. A survey conducted by the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cited tobacco, alcohol, obesity and air pollution as key […]
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Tue 30 January 2024: Battling a deadly cholera outbreak, Zimbabwe on Monday launched the oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign targeting 2.3 million citizens in high-risk areas. The campaign comes at a time when the country is grappling with a cholera outbreak that has affected 21,000 people countrywide and claimed more than 400 people, in 60 […]
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Tue 30 January 2024: To determine how abortion laws affect rape survivors in the United States, researchers have examined U.S. states where abortion is fully prohibited, and discovered alarmingly high rates of rape-caused pregnancies. Their findings, recently published in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine, shocked the country. In June 2022, the United States Supreme […]
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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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