Whooping Cough Shot Safe for Pregnant Women
Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly opens in Geneva
WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan opened the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly with words of celebration, warning, and hope, on 23 May.
7 Ways to Give Ticks the Slip
WHO confirms Zika virus strain imported from the Americas to Cabo Verde
Sequencing of the virus in Cabo Verde by Institut Pasteur, Dakar confirms that the Zika virus currently circulating in Cabo Verde is the same as the one circulating in the Americas - the Asian type- and was most likely imported from Brazil. This is...
Seeing the Sea Soothes Stress
Folic Acid for Moms-to-Be Not as Effective as Thought?
Life expectancy increased by 5 years since 2000, but health inequalities persist
Dramatic gains in life expectancy have been made globally since 2000, but major inequalities persist within and among countries, according to this year’s “World Health Statistics: Monitoring Health for the SDGs”.
700,000 deaths a year: tackling smoking in the EU
Visual impairment, blindness cases in U.S. expected to double by 2050
With the youngest of the baby boomers hitting 65 by 2029, the number of people with visual impairment or blindness in the United States is expected to double to more than 8 million by 2050, according to projections based on the most recent census data...
New WHO guidelines to improve care for millions living with female genital mutilation
New WHO recommendations aim to help health workers provide better care to the more than 200 million girls and women worldwide living with female genital mutilation.
