A new study shows link between e-cigarette ads and use among youth
There is a link between exposure to e-cigarette advertisements and the use of e-cigarettes by middle and high school students, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is the first study to assess the link...
The 7 Deadliest Emergency General Surgeries
Type 2 Diabetes May Damage Hearing, Study Finds
Yellow fever vaccination essential for Angola, WHO reminds travellers
As efforts to bring an outbreak of yellow fever in Angola under control continue, WHO is reminding all travellers to the country that they are required to receive the yellow fever vaccination and to have a valid certificate of vaccination to prove...
Babies Fed Rice-Based Cereals Have Higher Arsenic Levels, Study Finds
On World Malaria Day, UN says world closer to eliminating ‘ancient killer’

A woman hangs a mosquito net in the temporary dwelling in the fields (champka) that she and her husband are...
Contraception Safety Program for Acne Drug Failing in Canada
Fewer Children May Explain Why More Women Now Outlive Men
World Immunization Week 2016: Immunization game-changers should be the norm worldwide
During World Immunization Week 2016, held 24-30 April, WHO highlights recent gains in immunization coverage, and outlines further steps countries can take to “Close the Immunization Gap” and meet global vaccination targets by 2020.
Two-thirds of unimmunized children live in conflict-affected countries – UNICEF

A nurse administers an immunization to a baby at a clinic in Ein Al Beidah, a village in northern West Bank.