Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that over the past three years frequency, scale and impact of attacks on healthcare has increased ...

The number of adults living with diabetes worldwide has surpassed 800 million, more than quadrupling since 1990, according to new data released in The Lancet on World Diabetes Day.

Every year more than 10 million people die unnecessarily from consuming tobacco, alcohol, and sugary beverages.1 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises constraining fiscal space, ...

Measles cases have skyrocketed in recent years after a pandemic-era drop in vaccination against the virus. Cases of the ...

Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the World Health Organization and the US ...

Although sexually transmitted infections are still at an epidemic level in the US, scientists at the US Centers for Disease ...

This particular strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae had previously been detected in the United States. The bacterium frequently causes infections in hospitals, is not eliminated by any existing antibiotic ...

Health care in America is often a tale of two nations. For many Americans—particularly white and wealthy ones—the U.S. can offer some of the best, most groundbreaking care in the world.

UN Human Rights Office report stated that of the confirmed deaths, 80% were killed in residential buildings or similar ...

Apr. 19, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new shoe insole technology that helps reduce the risk of diabetic foot ulcers, a dangerous open sore that can lead to hospitalization and leg, foot ...

President-elect Donald Trump and his top allies are preparing to kick off the transition process alongside President Biden's ...

Record-breaking heat, extreme weather events, air pollution and the spread of infectious disease: climate change poses an ...