General Assembly President urges greater use of mobile technologies in health

General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
National Association for Proton Therapy and Pediatric Proton Foundation Release First Snapshot of Treatment Data on Children at U.S. Proton Centers
Tempest In A Lunch Box: Arsenic Traces In Apple Juice

Fears over arsenic in apple juice are overblown, experts say.
Fear Of Antidepressants Leads People To Shun Treatment

As common as antidepressant use has become, many depressed people still fear treatment.
Why You Should Wash A Melon Before Chowing Down

Do you really know where those cantaloupes have been?
Substantial drop in child mortality around the globe, UN figures reveal

The number of young children who die each day has plunged over the past two decades, new...
Battle against deadly lifestyle diseases figures high on UN agenda next week

An unhealthy diet is one of the major risk factors for a range of chronic diseases linked to obesity
Novel anthrax vaccine and antitoxin being developed with federal support
The advanced development of a novel next-generation anthrax vaccine and a new type of anthrax antitoxin have received support through new contracts funded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development...
KENYA: Martha Lebasale, "Hunger made me switch from pastoralism to hawking"

Martha Lebasale
THAILAND: Neonatal care for refugees by refugees

A baby sleeps inside a homemade blue light incubator in Mae La