The reduction of United Nations support for healthcare institutions in northwestern Syria’s Idlib has put the region’s health sector at serious risk of collapse. Dozens of hospitals and clinics in Idlib have been sustained through the support provided by intermediary organizations backed by the UN. The UN’s World Health Organizatio...
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is calling for “humanitarian pauses” to provide children in Gaza with a second dose of polio vaccines. Around 560,000 Palestinian children under 10 received the first dose as part of a polio vaccination campaign from September 1 to 12. According to World Health Organization Director-General Tedro...
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says America’s obesity crisis has reached a record high. The national public health agency reports that in 2023, 23 states had adult obesity rates of 35% or higher. This was a sharp increase from zero more than a decade earlier. One in five adult Americans struggles with […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian paramedic was killed in an Israeli prison following his arrest at a medical complex in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, said the local health ministry. The ministry confirmed the death of medic Hamdan Abu Anaba while in Israeli detention. Anaba and his colleagues were arrested while [&hell...
GENEVA (AA) – More than 560,000 children in Gaza were vaccinated against polio in the first round, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief says. “Over 560,000 children aged below ten years of age were vaccinated against polio during the first round of an emergency vaccination campaign in Gaza, which was completed yesterday,”...
ISTANBUL (AA) – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday that 97 patients and critically wounded people from the Gaza Strip were evacuated for treatment to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “WHO, in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and p...
In a regional hospital in Afghanistan, heartbreaking scenes of severe malnutrition paint a grim picture. A BBC report mentions Amina, who has lost six children and struggles to save her last in a hospital in Jalalabad in eastern Nangarhar province. Seven-month-old Bibi Hajira, as small as a newborn, is a poignant symbol of a broader [&hellip...
Nearly 50 million Americans have gained health coverage through the Affordable Care Act or ACA marketplaces since 2014, the U.S. Treasury Department reported Tuesday. The latest figures reveal a historic peak of 20.8 million enrollees for 2024, with 18.2 million signing up for the first time since January 2021. In another first, families earni...
In a groundbreaking collaboration, scientists from China’s Renmin Hospital and Yale University have developed a promising treatment for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain cancer. Their research, published in the journal Small Science, highlights nanoparticles capable of identifying and attacking tumor cells in mice. The innovation uses somethin...
Health insurers will be required to cover mental health care and addiction services the same as any other condition, the Biden administration has announced. The move is part of the administration’s ongoing battle with health insurers. Officials say they are skirting a 2008 law requiring plans that cover mental health and substance use care be...
