Public Health
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Teens Aged 15-19 Now Lead in Mental Disorder Burden
ROME, July 10 — The mental health landscape for young people has shifted in a stark new direction. A major global study…
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Teenagers Bear Brunt as Anxiety Cases Soar Worldwide
ROME, July 10 — A 2023 study reported that nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide were living with a mental disorder, with anxiety…
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Leptospirosis Risk Grows as Mumbai Reports 1,024 Cases in 2023
MUMBAI, July 10 — The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation today issued a public advisory on leptospirosis, urging citizens to avoid wading through floodwater…
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Edward Jenner created first vaccine, launched modern immunology
LONDON, July 10 — Two centuries after Edward Jenner first demonstrated that exposure to a mild disease could shield a person from…
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Vaccines and Immunotherapy Harness Immune System to Fight Disease
ISLAMABAD, July 10 — Vaccines and immunotherapies are transforming how medicine approaches both prevention and treatment, with a growing body of evidence…
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Innate Immune System Provides Immediate Defense Against Pathogens
ROME, July 10 — For years, the story of immunity has been told through the lens of vaccines and antibodies — the…
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From Jenner’s smallpox vaccine to modern immunotherapy
MANILA, July 10 — The story of how humanity learned to fight disease is a long one, and for families across Asia,…
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Decades of mRNA Research Led to Fastest Vaccines by 2020
ROME, July 10 — The story of messenger RNA vaccines begins not in a pandemic, but in a laboratory mouse. In 1990,…
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Edward Jenner’s 1796 cowpox experiment births vaccination, ends smallpox
LONDON, July 10 — Two centuries ago, an English country doctor performed a single experiment that would alter the strategic calculus of…
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Vaccination’s Journey: From Ancient Variolation to Modern Immunization
ROME, July 10 — The record of vaccination begins with a single act in 1796, when English physician Edward Jenner used material…
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Global Water Crisis Threatens Health and Livelihoods of Billions
ISLAMABAD, July 9 — The numbers are stark, and they come from some of the most trusted global institutions. The United Nations…
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Supt. Ben Adomah leads addiction education at Reformers Health Centre
HO, Ghana — A prison physician in Ghana is turning the tide against substance abuse among inmates, one educational session at a…
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Ghana’s Reformers Health Centre boosts inmate care through inter-agency partnerships
ACCRA, July 9 — The Ghana Prisons Service, established in 1957, operates under the Ministry of Interior and manages correctional facilities including…
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Substance Abuse Harms Physical, Mental, and Psychological Health
HO, July 9 — Inmates at the Ho Central Prisons received an education on the step-by-step nature of substance abuse this week,…
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NACOC Educates Ho Inmates on Drug Dangers for World Day
HO, Ghana — A document filed by the Ghanaian Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) details a prison outreach event held on June 26,…
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Smoking and alcohol linked to higher cardiovascular disease risk, NHS warns
LONDON, July 8 — The National Health Service has stated that smoking can increase cholesterol levels and is a major risk factor…
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Antibiotics’ success sparks rise of resistant superbugs
ISLAMABAD, July 8 — The story of antibiotics is one of modern medicine’s greatest triumphs, a narrative of lives snatched back from…
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Vaccines Train Immune System: A Historical Scientific Overview
NEW DELHI, July 8 — For a continent that has long shouldered a disproportionate share of the global disease burden, the story…
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Alzheimer’s 2024: Prevalence, Costs, and Clinical Trial Data
WASHINGTON, July 8 — The numbers arrive with the cold weight of an epidemic that refuses to recede. By 2024, an estimated…
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Global Immunization Saves 2-3 Million Lives Yearly, Seeks Universal Coverage
GENEVA, July 8 — The World Health Organization estimates that immunization prevents 2-3 million deaths every year from diseases including diphtheria, tetanus,…
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Wakefield’s 1998 MMR Fraud Fueled Vaccine Hesitancy
LONDON — The scene outside the Wellcome Collection on Euston Road this morning was quiet, a stark contrast to the storm that…
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Jonas Salk’s 1955 Polio Vaccine Eradicates Paralyzing Disease
NEW YORK, July 8 — 1.8 million children. That is the figure that matters from the 1954 field trial of Jonas Salk’s…
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Edward Jenner’s discovery revolutionizes global vaccine efforts
LONDON, July 8 — Two centuries after an English physician first tested his theory on a young boy, the world marked another…
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Vaccines Transform Global Public Health and Disease Prevention
GENEVA, July 8 — The global calculus of public health is undergoing a strategic recalibration, driven by the enduring power of vaccines.…
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