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Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: Ending inequalities in sexual and reproductive health and rights, reveals that more than half of all preventable maternal deaths occur in countries which are in a state of crisis or distress.It…

Region-stratified overdose-attributed MRRs comparing pre-COVID-19 pandemic and during pandemic years. Credit: The American Journal on Addictions (2024). DOI:…

Credit: Justine Ross, Jacob Dwyer: Michigan Medicine Each year more than 500,000 Americans undergo percutaneous coronary intervention, or…

1. IntroductionBoth Canada and the United States are experiencing overdose crisis from opioids and other drugs. In 2016, Canada declared the opioid crisis a national public health concern, while British Columbia declared a public health…

Kobayashi Pharma has recalled cholesterol-lowering supplements with red yeast rice over possible link to kidney disease.A Japanese drugmaker whose dietary supplements are at the centre of a growing health scare has reported two more…

News reports said that residential buildings in the northern city of Kharkiv had been hit, killing one and injuring 16, quoting the city’s mayor. Four children were wounded, with images posted to social media showing extensive damage and…

Last year was the deadliest on record, with 8,541 migrant victims. Nearly 60 per cent of deaths were linked to drowning.  So far in 2024, the trends are just as alarming. Along the Mediterranean sea route alone – while arrivals this year…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:March 30, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced two additional deaths related to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This brings the…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:September 3, 2020   COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is clarifying misunderstanding around newly released data from the U.S. Centers for…

Last year saw a three per cent contraction, equalling roughly $1 trillion, compared to the record high of $32 trillion in 2022.Despite this decline, the services sector showed resilience with a $500 billion (eight per cent) increase from…

Nearly 7,000 excess deaths from tuberculosis occurred in the WHO European Region in the three years of the pandemic from 2020 - 2022, compared to what experts had expected based on pre-2020 estimates. This increased mortality was a…

Disclaimer: Early release articles are not considered as final versions. Any changes will be reflected in the online version in the month the article is officially released. Author affiliation: Centers for Disease…

For Immediate Release:March 15, 2024 Contact:David Perle 202-483-7382 Englewood, Colo. – “Greg Maffei Has Dogs’ Blood on His Hands!” That’s the message PETA supporters will bring to Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei’s Englewood home on…

March 12, 2024 – Climate change–driven weather disasters are having broad and lasting impacts on people’s health and on health care utilization—and these impacts are likely being undercounted, according to a new study. The study,…

UNITED NATIONS —  The number of children worldwide who died before age 5 reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than 5 million died. According to the estimate,…

UNITED NATIONS —  The number of children worldwide who died before age 5 reached a record low in 2022, the United Nations said in a report published Tuesday, as for the first time fewer than 5 million died. According to the estimate,…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the four years after the border wall height was increased from 17 feet to 30 feet along the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the four years after the border wall height was increased from 17 feet to 30 feet along the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the four years after the border wall height was increased from 17 feet to 30 feet along the…

Wilmington, delaware —  U.S. President Joe Biden said Saturday that he believes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "hurting Israel more than helping Israel" in how he is approaching its war against Hamas in Gaza. Biden…

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Microbes such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi form part of our everyday lives – they live in us, on us and around us. We need them for healthy digestion, immune function, and the synthesis of essential nutrients, and we…

Each year antimicrobial resistance – the ability of microbes to survive agents designed to kill them – claims more lives than malaria and HIV/Aids combined. Africa bears the brunt of this development, which thrives on inequality…

Discussion A total of 93 United States. citizens were reported to have died in the Dominican Republic during 2009–2022 soon after receiving cosmetic surgery. Medical records were available for 24 of 29 decedents during 2019–2020, most…

Discussion A total of 93 U.S. citizens were reported to have died in the Dominican Republic during 2009–2022 soon after receiving cosmetic surgery. Medical records were available for 24 of 29 decedents during 2019–2020, most of whom…

  (JTA) — The United States blocked consideration of a United Nations Security Council resolution blaming Israel for the dozens of deaths that occurred during the delivery of humanitarian assistance in northern Gaza on Thursday, as…

  (JTA) — The United States blocked consideration of a United Nations Security Council resolution blaming Israel for the dozens of deaths that occurred during the delivery of humanitarian assistance in northern Gaza on…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain American visitors to Florida who died in the state were 63% more likely to have died from a drug…

For Immediate Release:February 21, 2024 Contact:Tasgola Bruner 202-483-7382 Kansas City, Mo. – Please see the following statement from PETA Vice President Dr. Alka Chandna regarding two separate citations posted by the U.S. Department…

Report Abstract: The CDC reports that 1.13 million Americans have died of COVID-19 through June of 2023. I use a model of the impact over the past three years of vaccines and private and…

For Release WednesdayFebruary 21, 2024 More than 40 percent of Americans know someone who has died of a drug overdose and about one-third of those individuals say their lives were disrupted by the death, according to a new…

Summary What is already known about this topic? More than 109,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in 2022; nearly 70% involved illegally manufactured fentanyls (IMFs). Data from the western United States suggested a…

Today is Friday. Temperatures will be in the mid-20s to mid-30s from north to south, with mostly cloudy skies up north and morning snow showers to the south. See what the weather for the rest of the day will be here. Here’s…

More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths were preventable, according to 2017-2019 data from Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs), which are representatives of diverse clinical and non-clinical backgrounds who review the…

Overall cancer death rates continued to decline among men, women, children, and adolescents and young adults in every major racial and ethnic group in the United States from 2015 to 2019, according to the latest Annual Report to the…

Bull sharks live in shallow waters and occasionally attack peopleLeonardo Gonzalez/Shutterstock Shark bites and deaths increased internationally in 2023, with Australia recording the highest number of fatalities and…

Bull sharks live in shallow waters and occasionally attack peopleLeonardo Gonzalez/Shutterstock Shark bites and deaths increased internationally in 2023, with Australia recording the highest number of fatalities and…

DPH Confirms Flu-Related Deaths During 2023-2024 Flu Season, Urges Public…

IOM underscored the need for regular migration pathways at a one-day summit in Rome hosted by Italy to boost development in Africa and curb migration flows.The A Bridge for Common Life conference represented a critical opportunity to…

Graphical abstract. Credit: One Earth (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.01.001 An international study led by scientists at the Yale School…

Deaths caused by lightning are rising in Bangladesh, and climate change is to blame for the increase in fatalities, according to the BBC.The UN data shows that Bangladesh loses 300 lives per year due to lightning strikes, a figure that…

People wait in line to receive a vaccine at a pop-up covid-19 vaccination site in Orlando, Florida, US.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett People in the US are observing with growing alarm the advancing age of their…

“I was having coffee at home this morning in Kyiv, my neighbours were getting ready for work, children preparing to go to school, when our homes started to shake because of a wave of airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital,” Denise Brown…

January 22, 2024 SEATTLE (January 22, 2024) -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Joan Bayley, Philip Bayley, and Big D’s Beach Cabin LLC of…

Last year, Maine saw the fewest deaths on the road since 2014. Despite seeing fewer car crash deaths, the number of pedestrians killed by drivers remains stubbornly high. In 2023, 134 people died as a result of car crashes…

1. IntroductionSince the detection of the first case of COVID-19 in February 2020, SARS-CoV-2 circulated continuously in Spain for more than 3 years. The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic accumulated a considerable number of…

Three twenty-somethings in Chicago took a street drug they thought was a harmless form of Xanax. All three were found collapsed and unresponsive eight hours later by…

“Over the last six days, children and families, and the infrastructure they rely on have come under attack in Dnipro, Lviv, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odesa, and other populated areas”, said Munir Mammadzade.With schools and health facilities…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 11, 2021 From Dr. Edward Simmer, DHEC Director: Fellow South Carolinians, Today the State of South Carolina reported 15 new deaths due to COVID-19, pushing the total South Carolinian lives lost so far…