Unprecedented spread of cholera in Yemen as health workers race against time to save children
On 12 May 2017 at the Sab'een Hospital in Sana'a, Yemen, a child with severe diarrhoea or cholera receives...
Over 1,000 children seek treatment for watery diarrhoea daily as number of suspected cholera cases in Yemen soars – UNICEF
On 12 May 2017 at the Sab'een Hospital in Sana'a, Yemen, patients suffering from severe diarrhoea or cholera...
Tobacco’s killer toxins also wreak havoc on the environment, UN health agency warns
Man smoking in Indonesia.
NIH Scientists Find Real-Time Imaging in Mice a Promising Influenza Study Tool
The IVIS imaging system.
US Death Rates from Alzheimer’s Disease Increased 55 Percent from 1999 to 2014
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 26 May 2017
Decisions at the World Health Assembly focused on implementation of the International Health Regulations, and improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of sepsis.
Seventieth World Health Assembly update, 25 May
The World Health Assembly on May 25th, made decisions relating to polio, the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework, and the health workforce.
‘All roads should lead to universal healthcare,’ says new WHO chief
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General-Elect, briefs the press in Geneva.
After Ebola and Zika, Most Countries Still Not Prepared for a Pandemic
Despite progress made since the Zika and Ebola crises, a report released on May 25th, by the International Working Group on Financing Preparedness (IWG), established by the World Bank, shows that most countries are not adequately prepared for a...
Zika virus spread undetected for many months, NIH-supported study finds
Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Larvae
