A health worker administrates polio-vaccine drops to a child during anti-polio immunization campaign in Azizabad area in Karachi on June 4, 2024. — PPI Balochistan becomes polio epicentre with 15 cases this year. Multiple challenges hinder Pakistan’s polio eradication efforts. 2 major door-to-door vaccination campaigns planned this year. ISLAMABAD: Authorities on Wednesday confirmed that a 30-month-old […]
BBC In January, Philip Marks says his prognosis was so bad that his oncologist did not think he would live to see February When his health deteriorated last winter, Phillip Marks doubted he would ever play another round of golf, let alone see his 62nd birthday. “They all thought I was going to kick the […]
Getty Images The provision of PPE for healthcare workers is being explored in this part of the Covid inquiry (stock image) The chair of the Covid inquiry has refused an application from the UK Health Security Agency to keep the identities of two junior clinicians secret. Lawyers for UKHSA applied for an order preventing publication […]
Santa Clara Valley Healthcare says the industry is facing a critical shortage of Latine physicians nationwide and locally in California. Officials said the Latine community represents nearly 20% of the country’s population, whereas Latine physicians make up just less than 7%. That is why health leaders in Santa Clara gathered together to celebrate the work […]
When Preston Nafz was 12, he asked his dad for permission to play lacrosse. “First practice, he came back, he said, ‘Dad, I love it,’” recalled his father, Lothar Nafz, of Hoover, Alabama. “He lives for lacrosse.” But years of youth sports took a toll on Preston’s body. By the time the teenager limped off […]
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A federal court in California ruled late Tuesday against the Environmental Protection Agency, ordering officials to take action over concerns about potential health risks from currently recommended levels of fluoride in the American drinking water supply. The ruling by District Court Judge Edward Chen, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, deals a blow to […]
A box of Ozempic made by Novo Nordisk is seen at a pharmacy in London, Britain March 8, 2024. Hollie Adams | Reuters Novo Nordisk‘s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic may decrease the risk of opioid overdoses in certain patients, demonstrating its potential as an alternative treatment for opioid use disorder, according to a new study […]
New Delhi: Evidence is increasing to show the link between air pollution and the risk of Parkinson’s disease, health experts said on Tuesday. More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s disease. India alone shares almost 10 per cent of the global burden of Parkinson’s disease. A recent study, published in the JAMA […]
Getty Images Children’s eyesight is steadily getting worse with one in three now short-sighted or unable to see things in the distance clearly, a global analysis suggests. The researchers say Covid lockdowns had a negative impact on eyesight as children spent more time on screens and less time outdoors. Short-sightedness, or myopia, is a growing […]