3+ hour, 36+ min ago  (12+ words) In Rapidly Growing Cairo, Safer Streets For Pedestrians Remain Elusive'Health Policy Watch...

4+ hour, 3+ min ago  (1673+ words) DAVOS " In this snow-covered Alpine town where the world's rich, powerful and elite met in January for the World Economic Forum, a quiet but consequential shift in thinking about dementia research crystallized " one with the potential to shape political engagements…...

3+ hour, 36+ min ago  (1772+ words) CAIRO, Egypt " In the bustling neighbourhood of Heliopolis in Africa's most populated city, it's nearly impossible to cross the streets without risking a 40-mile-per-hour collision. A man driving a motorcycle nestles his phone against his ear. A car whizzes by…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (995+ words) Argentina took a step backwards last month when it revoked key guidelines that defined what could " and could not " be patented in its pharmaceutical sector." For more than a decade, Argentina's patentability guidelines have helped prevent pharmaceutical monopolies, enabling timely…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago  (293+ words) Vaping is likely to cause oral and lung cancer, according to a comprehensive review of over 100 studies of the effects of nicotine-based e-cigarettes, published this week in the journal, Carcinogenesis. Carcinogenicity was evident in human studies that monitored biomarkers of…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (794+ words) Cervical cancer should no longer be killing women. It is one of the few cancers that we already know how to prevent, detect early, and treat effectively." Yet it remains the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide, causing around…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1226+ words) From stalled Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) negotiations to failing consensus in global climate policies, United Nations structures face a profound crisis. Diplomats are currently being forced to explore alternative governance models to bridge the disconnect between sluggish, power-driven…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (538+ words) Scientists working on new malaria drugs now have access to an open-access artificial intelligence (AI)-powered platform" aimed at accelerating drug discovery, thanks to a partnership between" Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) and deepmirror. Drug Design for Global Health (dd4gh) uses "both…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1291+ words) More than 60 countries now include refugees and migrants in their national health policies, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report tracking progress on commitments first set out by the World Health Assembly in 2019. The finding, drawn from a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (293+ words) Global health leaders say the world needs to rethink how it approaches health, arguing that outdated systems, narrow thinking, and lack of coordination are slowing progress at a time of growing challenges. Speaking on the Global Health Matters podcast, Axel…...