Climate inaction is claiming millions of lives every year, warns new Lancet Countdown report
WHO and global partners are calling for the protection of people’s health to be recognized as the most powerful driver...
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High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns | Global health
The world faces “an emerging crisis” of higher death rates among teenagers and young adults, according to a major study...
World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns | Plastics
Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned. The...
Loneliness is the new silent killer: WHO warns of a global health crisis in a hyperconnected world |
We’ve never been more connected, yet so many of us feel deeply alone. In a world filled with social media,...
USAID cuts could cause 1.4 crore deaths by 2030, Lancet warns of global health crisis
A new study in The Lancet warns that steep USAID funding cuts could cause over 1.4 crore preventable deaths by...
Horizon safety rep warns 1 in 3 acute care beds occupied by patients waiting for nursing homes
The outgoing chair of Horizon Health Network's patient safety committee used his last public address to warn about the impact...
N.B. Medical Society calls for end of virtual ER pilot at 2 hospitals, warns of closures
The New Brunswick Medical Society is calling on Horizon Health and the Department of Health to cancel the virtual care...
US funding cuts threaten global health response, WHO chief warns
In a media briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the consequences of funding suspensions, including disruptions to...
DR Congo crisis: A public health ‘nightmare’ is unfolding, warns WHO
The internet also remains down in the provincial capital and only mobile phone networks are functioning, with M23 fighters apparently in...
