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SMOKING COSTS $1 TRILLION, SOON TO KILL 8 MILLION A YEAR, STUDY SAYS
That cost far outweighs global revenues from tobacco taxes, which WHO estimated at about 269 billion in 2013-2014... READ MORE›
STUDIES FIND WORRYING MISUSE OF MEDICINE WORLDWIDE
Up to 70 percent of hysterectomies in the United States, a quarter of knee replacements in Spain and more than half the antibiotics prescribed in China are... READ MORE›
BRITAIN'S HEALTH SERVICE IN A 'HUMANITARIAN CRISIS'
The Red Cross said it was working alongside the health service to support people in their homes to free up beds... READ MORE›
MIDDLE-AGED BRITONS: DO YOU WORRY ABOUT YOUR HEALTH?
Public Health England launched a campaign aimed at 40 to 60-year-olds, 83 percent of whom are overweight or drink too much. Are you trying to be healthier?... READ MORE›
NHS HOSPITALS FACING TOUGHEST WINTER YET, SAY HEALTH EXPERTS
Increasingly, hospitals have systems in place to direct patients to the best NHS service... READ MORE›
ALCOHOL-RELATED CRIME, LOST OUTPUT AND ILL HEALTH COSTS UK ?52BN A YEAR
Prof Ian Gilmore, the chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance, said Ordinary drinkers will not be penalised... READ MORE›
ZIKA VIRUS IS NO LONGER A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY, UN HEALTH AGENCY SAYS
If anything, this has been escalated in importance by becoming activities that will be continued in the long-term in the World Health Organization, he said... READ MORE›
WHO ZIKA NO LONGER A WORLD HEALTH EMERGENCY
The gambusia eat the larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito which is the one most responsible for the spread of the Zika Virus... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY'S CLAIM ON NHS FUNDING NOT TRUE, SAY MPS
Andrew Lansley, the health secretary in the coalition government, recently called for the NHS to be given ?5bn more than the money already planned... READ MORE›
'I RANG TO REPORT A A?6,900 SCAM, BUT TSB SAID ITS FRAUD TEAM WAS BUSY'
And, in a bid to drive up the amount of money recouped from overseas visitors, the Government is preparing a further crackdown... READ MORE›
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NHS ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE, WARNS FORMER HEALTH MINISTER
NHS on brink of collapse, warns former health minister... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Zika alone would never be a public health emergency of international concern, he said... READ MORE›
NHS HEAD DISPUTES THERESA MAY CLAIMS OVER HEALTH FUNDING
Simon Stevens told MPs that the NHS would receive an additional ?8bn between now and 2020-21, not the ?10bn extra the prime minister said... READ MORE›
JEREMY HUNT SAYS CHILD MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE NHS'S BIGGEST FAILING
Hunt has pledged to improve the diagnosis and treatment of troubled children by NHS children and adolescent mental health services CAMHS ... READ MORE›
LIB DEMS ANNOUNCE CAMPAIGN FOR NHS TO SET A??ZERO SUICIDEA?? GOAL
Project Zero, in south-west England, involves mental health service users in its steering group... READ MORE›
CHILD HOSPITALISED WITH PLAGUE AFTER CAMPING TRIP TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK
Child hospitalised with plague after camping trip to Yosemite National Park in California... READ MORE›
NHS WASTING A?450M ON 'MID-LIFE MOT' HEALTH CHECKS, DOCTORS SAY
NHS wasting A?450m on 'mid-life MOT' health checks, doctors say... READ MORE›
DID BRAZIL, GLOBAL HEALTH AGENCIES FUMBLE ZIKA RESPONSE?
Melo phoned the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, a public health institute in Rio de Janeiro, and got a lab there to test the patient's amniotic fluid... READ MORE›
WHO DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS A GLOBAL HEALTH EMERGENCY
The World Health Organisation has declared the mosquito-borne Zika virus to be a global emergency... READ MORE›
BRAZIL SAYS ZIKA VIRUS OUTBREAK WORSE THAN BELIEVED
Exclusive Brazil says Zika virus outbreak worse than believed... READ MORE›
HEALTH WORKER WITH EBOLA TRANSFERRED TO LONDON HOSPITAL
Earlier this year the Royal Free hospital successfully treated another British aid worker, William Pooley, who was flown home for treatment after being diagnosed with the virus in Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
BETTER MENTAL HEALTH CARE MEANS A BETTER ECONOMY
WHO Better mental health care means a better economy... READ MORE›
WHO URGES MASS VACCINATION AGAINST MEASLES, OTHER DISEASES IN EBOLA AREAS
Who urges mass vaccination against measles other diseases in ebola areas... READ MORE›
TAKE A NUMBER WOMEN WAITING LONGER TO HAVE CHILDREN
According to a recent report from the National Center for Health Statistics, the average age of first-time mothers in 2014 was 26.3, up from 24.9 in 2000... READ MORE›
MERCK BUYS RIGHTS TO NEWLINK'S EXPERIMENTAL EBOLA VACCINE
NewLink, whose subsidiary licensed commercial rights to the rVSV-EBOV vaccine in 2010, said it would receive 50 million plus royalties from Merck... READ MORE›
BETTER DATA MEANS BETTER HEALTH FOR THE WORLD'S DISEASE-TROUBLED AREAS
The numbers show unprecedented progress, says Dr Ties Boerma, director for health statistics and information systems at the World Health Organization... READ MORE›
JAPAN TO EMPHASIZE ITS HEALTH CARE AID AT NEXT G-7 SUMMIT
The Abe government is considering emphasizing measures to help spread basic health and medical care in developing countries as one of its foreign policy pr... READ MORE›
ZIKA OUTBREAKS LIKELY IN US, SAYS TOP HEALTH OFFICIAL
The 350 US cases so far were infected abroad, says Dr Anthony Fauci, but the mosquito that carries the virus is present in about 30 US states... READ MORE›
MYSTERIOUS AND FAST-MOVING, ZIKA VIRUS HAS WORLD'S HEALTH LEADERS SCRAMBLING
People said that about Ebola, and that was trying to get a bigger sail on the boat... READ MORE›
HUMAN REPRODUCTION, HEALTH BROADLY DAMAGED BY TOXIC CHEMICALS
The piece was written by a team of physicians and scientists from the United States the United Kingdom and Canada including from the World Health Organization... READ MORE›
WHAT DO AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS MEAN TO YOU? SHARE YOUR STORIES AND PHOTOS
For 100 years, the National Parks Service has been providing Americans and international visitors alike with unspoiled vistas - and vacations to match... READ MORE›
U.N. HEALTH AGENCY RESISTED DECLARING EBOLA EMERGENCY
Senior staffers in Africa at the World Health Organization raised the prospect of declaring an international emergency... READ MORE›
U.N. HEALTH AGENCY RESISTED DECLARING EBOLA EMERGENCY
Senior staffers in Africa at the World Health Organization raised the prospect of declaring an international emergency... READ MORE›
ZIKA-INFESTED PUERTO RICO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Zika-infested Puerto Rico public health emergency U.S... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION 'MUST REFORM' TO COPE WITH PANDEMICS LIKE ZIKA
If the WHO does not successfully reform, the next major pandemic will cause thousands of otherwise preventable deaths... READ MORE›
ZIKA FOREST, MOSQUITO PARADISE WHERE VIRUS WAS FIRST FOUND
It was in the thick woodland of Zika forest, some 25 km 15 miles from Uganda's capital, Kampala, that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was first discovered in 1947... READ MORE›
OBAMA SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE ALREADY DAMAGING NATIONAL PARKS
It's already a reality, Obama said from a podium, with Yosemite Falls, one of the world's tallest at 2,425 feet, as a backdrop... READ MORE›
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AUSTRALIA SAYS TPP NOT DEAD, DESPITE TRUMP OPPOSITION
Taiwan scrambled jets and navy ships this week as China's only aircraft carrier sailed through the Taiwan Straits after exercises in the South China Sea... READ MORE›
AS OBAMA LEAVES THE WORLD STAGE
A front-page headline in Israel's most widely circulated daily, Israel Hayom, summed up the feeling Barack Obama, the worst U.S. president in history... READ MORE›
OBAMA WILL GET MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TRUMP ON LAST MAJOR TRIP
For months, Obama lent credence to those concerns as he urged Americans to reject Trump... READ MORE›
TOP OBAMA OFFICIALS MEET CHINA STATE COUNCILOR IN NEW YORK
A White House statement provided few details about the meeting with State Councilor Yang Jiechi in New York... READ MORE›
AMERICAN PSYCHO SYSTEM A 'CO-WORKER OF GOD'
US President Barack Obama made his eighth - and final - address to the United Nations General Assembly this week... READ MORE›
BREAKTHROUGH AS US AND CHINA AGREE TO RATIFY PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE DEAL
G20 summit us and china ratify paris agreement in major step for climate change fight... READ MORE›
G20: OBAMA WARNS BEIJING AGAINST SOUTH CHINA SEA AGGRESSION
As he arrives in China, US president says he has attempted to convince Xi Jinping of the benefits of restraint... READ MORE›
CAN WASHINGTON PREVENT WAR IN SOUTHEAST ASIA?
The key to handling North Korea, however, has always been China... READ MORE›
MORE AMERICANS EVACUATED AFTER EBOLA SCARE
A Partners In Health clinician working in Sierra Leone has tested positive for the Ebola virus... READ MORE›
TRUMP DRAWS SINGLE-DIGIT RATINGS IN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY
He polls best in China, where there is a split between 40 percent who have no confidence in Trump and 39 percent who do not offer an opinion... READ MORE›
PRO-REMAIN OBAMA WEIGHS IN CAUTIOUSLY ON BREXIT, TRUMP HAILS LEAVE VOTE
Trump's Scotland sojourn sparked worries from some Republicans at home in the United States who believe the trip was poorly timed... READ MORE›
BREXIT: THE UK'S DONALD TRUMP MOMENT
In the United States, Trump has accused undocumented migrants, most of them from Latin America, of undercutting U.S. workers... READ MORE›