The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO report confirms
A report, Antibacterial agents in clinical development – an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline, including tuberculosis, on September 20, launched by WHO shows a serious lack of new antibiotics under development to combat the...
Exposure to pet and pest allergens during infancy linked to reduced asthma risk
On September 17, Columbia Riverkeeper, the Sierra Club, and Center for Biological Diversity received a victory in their challenge to a proposed methanol refinery in Kalama, Washington.
Data released on September 19, from the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) show that the HIV epidemic is coming under control in Lesotho. These results add to prior PEPFAR-supported Population-based HIV Impact Assessments (PHIAs...
Gulf spill oil dispersants associated with health symptoms in cleanup workers
In May 2010, cleanup workers in Venice, Louisiana, pressure washed oil booms to remove oil, debris, and...
Gulf spill oil dispersants associated with health symptoms in cleanup workers
In May 2010, cleanup workers in Venice, Louisiana, pressure washed oil booms to remove oil, debris, and...
WHO launches new NCDs Progress Monitor
Governments must step up efforts to control noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) to meet globally agreed targets, including preventing the premature deaths of millions of people from these conditions, according to a new WHO report released on September 18...
Life-Saving Post-ER Suicide Prevention Strategies are Cost Effective
Three interventions designed for follow up of patients who are identified with suicide risk in hospital emergency departments save lives and are cost effective relative to usual care. A study led by researchers at the National Institute of Mental...
US$ 9.9 Million needed urgently to respond to cholera outbreak in North-East Nigeria
The United Nations and its partners are urgently appealing for $9.9 million to respond to the current cholera outbreak in Borno State, north-east Nigeria, and prevent further outbreaks in high-risk areas. A Cholera Response and Prevention Plan has...
World hunger again on the rise, driven by conflict and climate change, new UN report says
After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent of the global population, says a new edition of the annual United Nations report on world food security and nutrition...
CDC Hurricane Support
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is making detailed practical information on hurricane preparedness, response, and recovery available to affected communities, people displaced by the storms, and responders.
