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November 17, 2025 1:00 PM
One woman worldwide dies every two minutes due to cervical cancer -- a treatable and preventable disease --said the UN on Monday on the first official World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day. The day -- November 17 -- was designated by the Seventy-eig...
November 10, 2025 4:48 PM
Mental well-being is not merely about feeling happy or stress-free - it’s about the ability to think, feel, connect, and function effectively in daily life. In recent years, global and national attention on mental health has surged, transforming wh...
October 21, 2025 3:39 PM
The EU is weighing a ban on the usage of ethanol as an active ingredient in biocidal products, including hand sanitizers, over increasing risks of cancer, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. An internal recommendation on October 10 by one of th...
October 18, 2025 5:08 PM
The IndiaAI Mission, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, has partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO) to invite abstracts showcasing impactful and scalable artificial intelligence (AI) ...
October 13, 2025 5:08 PM
One in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections are resistant to antibiotic treatments, the World Health Organization said on Monday, calling for the medicines to be used more responsibly. Resistance to antibiotics rose in around 40% of samples...
October 13, 2025 1:41 PM
International Breast Cancer Awareness Day brings global attention to one of the most critical health issues facing women today. It is a day dedicated to spreading awareness, encouraging early detection, and supporting those affected by breast cancer....
October 10, 2025 12:13 PM
The Gates Foundation and the Pan American Health Organization are both working on ways to make weight-loss drugs like Novo Nordisk's Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro more accessible in lower-income countries, the global health groups told Reuters....
October 7, 2025 1:02 PM
At least 15 million people aged 13 to 15 use e-cigarettes globally, with young people on average nine times more likely to vape than adults in countries with data, the World Health Organization said on Monday. In its first global estimate of e-ciga...
September 24, 2025 3:02 PM
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday dismissed claims by US President Donald Trump that taking paracetamol during pregnancy could be linked to autism. At a White House event earlier this week, Trump urged expectant mothers to “tough it...
September 18, 2025 8:59 PM
Pressure from tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food companies is stopping governments from putting in place life-saving health policies, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The United Nations will dedicate a day to tackling non-comm...
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