International sanctions have left Syria’s health system on life support
U.S. and E.U. sanctions aimed at punishing the former Assad regime have made it more difficult for Syrian hospitals to ...
The rate of HMPV infections in northern China is declining, Chinese health official says
The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic.
Rising HMPV cases in China are ‘what we would expect to see’ in winter, health officials say
As China experiences a rise in respiratory infections this winter, one little-known virus has gotten a lot of attention – and ...
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Is the world ready for the next pandemic?
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, created by the WHO, was blunt in its assessment. "In 2025, the ...
The new fluoride study dividing the public health world as RFK Jr. calls for a ban on adding it to water
The findings, published this week in JAMA Pediatrics, add fuel to the ongoing national debate around whether or not fluoride ...
This Is the Deadliest Foodborne Illness, According to the World Health Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization teamed up to publish a new ...
U.N.'s World Health Organization calls on Israel to free Gaza hospital chief as death toll tops 45,500
Israeli forces raided northern Gaza's last hospital and detained its director as a purported Hamas suspect. U.N. officials ...
Gaza Doctor’s Kidnapping Underscores Israel’s Pattern Of Targeting Health Care
The lack of transparency around Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya's whereabouts highlights the Israeli military's larger campaign of ...
HMPV, RSV, H5N1: Why the world is under attack from respiratory viruses
Even as the world fixates on hMPV, a genuine pandemic threat is emerging in the form of H5N1 bird flu. The virus has jumped ...
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American Global Health Leadership in a Second Trump Administration
The Trump administration may undermine U.S. leadership and the international system of global health cooperation. Pandemic preparedness, resilient health systems and reproductive rights will suffer wo ...
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LA fires trigger air quality warning and health concerns
Fanned by fierce winds and fueled by vegetation bone-dry after a long period of little or no rain, the Los Angeles fires ...
From gastro to allergies, climate change is a 'threat to human health'
Climate scientists are already recording a steady change in global temperatures, and experts warn cases of gastro, ...