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‘My Health, My Right’ — a day that marks a call to action

Ensuring that every person reaches their highest attainable standard of physical and mental well-being is the core of the World Health Organization’s mission

The Hindu

Gaza's Largest Hospital 'An Empty Shell With Human Graves': WHO

The World Health Organization said Saturday that Gaza's largest hospital had been reduced to ashes by Israel's latest siege, leaving an "empty shell" with many bodies.

International Business Times

Here's what we found after Israel's raid on Al-Shifa, Gaza's biggest hospital

NPR photos show the Gaza Strip's biggest hospital in ruins after an Israeli raid. Israel says the siege only targeted militants. Palestinians recount a different story.

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One in six young teenagers a victim of cyberbullying, WHO warns

One in six children aged 11 to 15 was the victim of cyberbullying in 2022, a report published Wednesday by the World Health Organization has found. It warned the Covid pandemic had changed how teenagers treat each other.

Radio France Internationale

After a lull during Covid, France sees rise in tuberculosis cases

A report published by France's health body shows that tuberculosis – although at a low level – saw a rebound in cases in 2023. The uptick coincides with the arrival of refugees from Ukraine in 2022.

Radio France Internationale

Leprosy cases are rising in the US

The surge in new cases in central Florida highlights the urgent need for health care providers to report them

Salon

Cholera now threatens 1bn people. It’s time to finish what we began in the 19th century

With the disease raging in 23 countries and no vaccine stocks, Zambia and the WHO propose a way to stop the deaths

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WHO Warns Of Acute Hunger Crisis In Gaza

The World Health Organization expresses concerns about the malnutrition crisis in Gaza, urging for a ceasefire to deliver essential medical aid amidst secu...

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Middle East crisis: no way to eliminate Hamas in Rafah without ground offensive, says Netanyahu – as it happened

Israeli prime minister reiterates that he plans to order a ground offensive in the southern Gaza Strip where a huge number of displaced Palestinians are living

The Guardian - AU

Situation in Gaza 'completely unimaginable', British doctor says after mission

FRANCE 24 spoke to Basil Budair, a British orthopaedic surgeon and member of IDEALS, a charity providing medical aid in conflict zones. He recently returned from a mission at Gaza's European hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis – one of the last health centres still operating in the…

France 24

Thousands of patients need to be evacuated from Gaza, WHO says

An estimated 8,000 patients need evacuating out of the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization has said, voicing frustration that few have so far been transferred outside the besieged territory.

Radio France Internationale

Several killed in Houthi missile attack on ship in Red Sea

A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden killed two of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel on Wednesday, authorities said, in the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the group over Israel’s war on…

France 24

US Conspiracy Theorists Monetize 'Disease X' Misinformation

Coined by the World Health Organization to denote a hypothetical future pandemic, "Disease X" is at the center of a blizzard of misinformation that American conspiracy theorists are amplifying -- and profiting from.

International Business Times

More that 1 billion of world's population is clinically obese, study shows

More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity – with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a WHO study published by The Lancet medical journal.

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More Than One Billion Now Afflicted By Obesity: Lancet

More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by the Lancet medical journal.

International Business Times UK

Study: Air Pollution Increases Chances Of Breast Cancer By 45%, Prostate Cancer By Up To 28%

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer.

Al Jazeera

Why is measles making a comeback in the UK?

As parents refuse vaccines for their children, the UK has seen a surge in measles cases over the past year.

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Israeli military raids Gaza hospital, suspects detained, casualties reported

This news report provides updates on the Israeli raid on Nasser Hospital in Gaza and the ongoing search for hostages, including the alleged discovery of we...

International Business Times

Cuba Boosts Doctors' Wages In Bid To Halt Mass Exodus

Cuban cardiologist Alexey Lopez, 59, is sleeping a bit better since his salary got a bump -- part of government efforts to stop its renowned health care system from bleeding doctors amid the island's worst economic crisis in decades.

International Business Times

The Power Of Performance Arts: South Coast Conservatory's Impact On Mental Health

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental health conditions now affect approximately 20% of the world's children and adolescents.

The Guardian - AU

‘All good to take to school?’: Australian influencers promote flavoured nicotine pouches to vape-addicted youths

Exclusive: TikTok users and Australian websites promote likely harmful products as a way to quit vaping – but TGA warns they can only be supplied with a prescription

Roll Call

GOP lawmakers argue pandemic treaty threatens US sovereignty - Roll Call

The World Health Organization is pushing a treaty to combat future pandemics, but some Republicans say the U.S. should not sign on.

WEKU

The breast cancer burden in lower income countries is even worse than we thought

The World Health Organization has just released the latest worldwide statistics of the global burden of cancer. Here are five takeaways from WHO's top expert on cancer.

The Hindu

WHO applauds extension of healthcare coverage to ASHA, anganwadi workers and helpers

The World Health Organization applauds India's Union Budget for extending healthcare coverage to grassroots workers and implementing various health initiatives.

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