HEALTH Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress September 28, 2023 Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other…
HEALTH Peace Corps Sued Over Mental Health Policy September 27, 2023 Applicants have challenged the Peace Corps practice of rescinding invitations to applicants on the basis of mental health conditions.
WORLD NEWS World News in Brief: Ukraine nuclear plant update, Sudan health crisis, reproductive rights September 25, 2023 Addressing the opening of the IAEA’s General Conference in Vienna on Monday, Mr. Grossi said that 53 missions mobilizing more…
HEALTH Following State Errors, Nearly 500,000 Americans Will Regain Health Insurance September 21, 2023 Nearly 500,000 people, many of them children, will keep Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage after state officials discovered…
WORLD NEWS Health chief hails ‘historic milestone’ in race to avert next pandemic September 21, 2023 Adopting a milestone political declaration at the first ever summit on pandemic prevention and response, nations also committed to get…
HEALTH ‘Only God Can Thank You’: Female Health Workers Fight to Be Paid September 21, 2023 Community health workers put in long hours to protect people in developing countries from diseases such as malaria, Covid-19 and…
WORLD NEWS Sudan: UN raises alarm over child deaths in Sudan as health crisis deepens September 19, 2023 GENEVA: More than 1,200 children have died of suspected measles and malnutrition in Sudan refugee camps, while many thousands more,…
WORLD NEWS ‘Radical reorientation’ needed as half of humanity lacks basic health coverage September 18, 2023 Moreover, two billion face severe financial hardships when paying out-of-pocket for necessary medical treatment, according to a joint World Health…
WORLD NEWS Preserving dignity, public health: Managing deceased bodies during crises September 16, 2023 The UN health agency together with the IFRC, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), emphasized that proper…
HEALTH At Yale, a Surge of Activism Forced Changes in Mental Health Policies September 6, 2023 In the weeks after Rachael Shaw-Rosenbaum, a first-year student at Yale, died by suicide in 2021, a group of strangers…