Vaping during childhood and adolescence may carry a broader range of health risks than previously recognised, with evidence linking e-cigarette use among young people to nicotine dependence, respiratory and oral-health problems, poorer
For nearly three years, Casey Harrell has lived with a device embedded in his brain that has transformed how he communicates. Paralyzed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive disease that gradually
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A major new assessment from the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed the staggering global toll of unsafe food, estimating that contaminated food causes around 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths
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A renewed Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is raising urgent questions about whether the world has truly learned the lessons of past pandemics. According to reporting from Nature,
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“How can we allow the tobacco industry to fill its coffers while we, the people, have to empty our pockets to fend for and suffer all the harms the tobacco industry has
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Researchers have unveiled major advances in the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, with new studies suggesting that subtle biological warning signs can now be identified up to a decade before patients develop
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The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has officially declared the ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security,
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Sri Lanka is confronting a serious shortage of specialist doctors capable of treating blood cancers and performing bone marrow transplants, according to senior medical experts who say the country’s healthcare system is
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The World Health Organization has declared a “public health emergency of international concern” following a rapidly escalating Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The decision was made after
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka is considering the introduction of a landmark “generational tobacco ban” inspired by the recently implemented anti-smoking model in the Maldives, as policymakers and public health
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Spain’s handling of the HV Hondius cruise ship crisis has ignited both international praise and fierce domestic political backlash after the vessel carrying passengers exposed to a hantavirus outbreak was allowed to
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A growing health concern has emerged in Sri Lanka as leading ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists raise alarms over the excessive use of loudspeakers in places of worship. In a collective
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The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has declared that he will not be “tranquil” until all passengers from the Antarctic cruise vessel MV Hondius have been evacuated and flown to
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In Peoria, Illinois, children living in federally subsidized housing have been getting sick in the very places meant to shelter them. An investigation by ProPublica documented that apartments at the city’s Taft Homes were
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What began as an ordinary luxury expedition across the South Atlantic has evolved into a complex medical investigation spanning multiple continents, with the World Health Organization examining how a rare but dangerous
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A luxury expedition cruise that began as a high-end journey to the edge of the world has turned into an international public health and diplomatic dilemma, after the World Health Organization (WHO)
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