Politics & Policies
Early last week, the White House made a number of modifications to its proposed rescission package, including a removal of the recession of $252 million in remaining unobligated Ebola response funding.
The use of medicinal cannabis is to be reviewed, which could lead to more prescriptions of drugs made from plant, the home secretary has said.
Programs, Grants & Awards
The WHO released a version of ICD-11, a vast improvement on ICD-10 which was launched nearly 18 years ago.
London School of Tropical Medicine led consortium has been awarded £ 3million to investigate the impact of human behavior on the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance.
New York city’s health department has launched a public service ad campaign aimed at Chinese men to address the high rates of smoking among them.
Research
Dengue fever is the most prevalent and widespread mosquito-borne disease, and can only be countered by integrated prevention and control strategies, including sustained vector control programs, the best evidence-based clinical care, and vaccination.
Long term survival of patients with recurrent glioblastoma improved significantly with genetically modified polio virus therapy.
Diseases, Disasters & Wars
Governments around the world will not reach the Sustainable Goal Of sharply reducing premature deaths unless “urgent action” is taken, according to a WHO report published today in The Lancet.
A new study shows that a key genetic change the V. cholerae (human cholera pathogen) acquired during the seventh pandemic allows it thrive for 50 years.
A single case of polio has been reported in Papua New Guinea, a country that has been polio free since 2000.
Technology
The FDA-approved wearable device The Embrace analyzes physiological signals to detect seizures. The device aims to change the future of stress management to predict and head off panic attacks.
Using lay mHealth workers to develop real time cartography of an epidemic disease in remote villages has great potential, a new study shows
Environmental Health
Triclosan, a common ingredient in toothpaste and thousands of other personal care products, could be worsening the global problem of antibiotic resistance, a new study shows.
Children in the UK, who walk along busy roads in close proximity to fumes from vehicle exhaust, are exposed to 30% more air pollution than adults.
This month, diplomats from around the world met in New York and Geneva to hash out a pair of new global agreements that aim to lay out new guidelines for how countries should deal with an unprecedented surge in the number of displaced people, which has now reached 65.6 million worldwide.
Equity & Disparities
India’s public health expenditure (₹ 1112 per capita per year) is among the lowest in the world, a new analysis shows.
Tenants in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, receive drastically inferior household services and pay more rent compared to those in its formal settlements, a new study shows.
A study conducted in Valencia (Spain) shows that certain neighborhood characteristics are associated with increased risk of family violence, regardless of whether it is intimate partner violence or violence against children.
India ranked as the most dangerous country for women,a new poll shows.
Women, Maternal, Neonatal & Children’s Health
Deaths among children under 5 years of age dropped nearly 20% in just 2 years in Madagascar and dropped 60% in Rwanda between 2005 and 2010. This success is due to the grassroots movements to improve health systems.
According to a new study, food insecurity impacted behavioral problems in young children of single mothers in urban neighborhoods.
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