Disposal of medical waste is not the most glamorous issue in global health, yet the risk it poses to health workers, community members, and the environment is significant in resource-poor locations ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

Global health challenges call for solutions that are national, regional, or continent-wide in scope. This makes partnership with national and subnational governments essential, as government ...

FILE PHOTO: A child receives a dose of Moderna Spikevax (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo LONDON, Feb ...

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization plans to officially back the use of weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults for the first time, a memo reviewed by Reuters on Thursday ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Founder & Chair of Praava Health, a leading emerging market company Yesterday’s confirmation that the United States has formally ...

On Feb. 19, 23 teams of Cornell undergraduate and graduate students competed in the University's Eighth annual Global Health Case Competition, hosted by the University’s Global Health Program and ...

The new Netflix series Lead Children has put a spotlight on the issue of lead poisoning in 1970s Poland. The series follows a young doctor who discovers that children living near a smelting plant have ...

Since 2010, the UAB Sparkman Center for Global Health has hosted the case competition annually as a means of engaging students in the complex questions that global health work presents. It is an ...

At the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies' 15th annual Undergraduate Design Competition, the future of global health innovation was on full display. Rice University welcomed 22 student ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A child receives a dose of Moderna Spikevax (COVID-19 Vaccine, mRNA) at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, ...

LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Vaccines are a matter of national security, a leading global health figure said this week, warning that rising anti-vaccine sentiment worldwide could undermine efforts to ...