World Health Assembly opens to discuss major health issues
WHO's Health Assembly, the world's largest health policy-making body, opened its 66th Session Monday in Geneva with around 3000 participants from around the world.
Yellow fever vaccination booster not needed
The yellow fever ‘booster’ vaccination given ten years after the initial vaccination is not necessary, according to WHO. An article published in WHO’s Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) reveals that the Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of...
Swallowing Magnets Can Be Fatal for Children
Challenges to improving health care in Pakistan
Pakistan is one of only three countries where polio is endemic.
Age Amplifies Damage From Obesity, Study Finds
U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues first comprehensive report on children’s mental health in the United States
Young man sitting against a wall.
Living Near Fast-Food Outlets Might Boost Obesity Risk
Large majority of adults have smoke-free rules in homes, vehicles
Four out of five U.S. adults report having voluntary smoke-free rules in their homes and three out of four report having voluntary smoke-free rules in their vehicles, according to a study published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease, a...
Fitness in Middle Age May Help Shield Men From Cancer Later
HIV No Barrier to Getting Liver Transplant, Study Finds
