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UNICEF and WHO appeal for the lifting of siege on communities in Syria

Joint statement Dr. Ala Alwan WHO Regional Director and Dr. Peter Salama, UNICEF Regional Director

Two young girls wait for permission to leave Madaya, a besieged town in Syria, on January 11, 2016.

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Thousands of children still need care and support in wake of Ebola epidemic

A girl attends class at Monrovia Demonstration School in Liberia.

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With West Africa set to be declared free of Ebola virus transmission, UN chief calls for vigilance

Ebola burial teams in Sierra Leone are still performing hundreds of precautionary burials each week, even though there haven’t been any cases in a few weeks.

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Alcohol Ads Should Be a No-See on TV for Kids

But 1 in 8 drinking ads don't adhere to industry's own standards, study reports.

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Spike in Newborn Drug-Withdrawal Tied to Prenatal Painkiller Use

Rise in 'neonatal abstinence syndrome' may be due to prescription narcotic use in pregnancy, expert says.

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Implanted Defibrillators Help Women as Much as Men: Study

For heart failure patients with the devices, death risk over 3-year period was 20 percent lower.

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NIH support development of therapeutic alternatives to traditional antibiotics

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded approximately $5 million in funding for 24 research projects seeking to develop non-traditional therapeutics for bacterial infections to help address the growing health threat of antibiotic resistance. Advancing new therapeutic options to combat drug-resistant bacteria is a key goal of the President’s National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria.