Quick takes: More flu deaths in US kids, new chikungunya cases in France and Italy, new polio cases in 5 countries
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) yesterday announced the end of a large measles outbreak in the southwestern ...
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ViiV expands licensing deal for its HIV drug in low-income countries
Once again, ViiV Healthcare has announced steps to widen access to a sought-after HIV medicine in low- and middle-income countries, ...
Mpox cases rise in handful of Africa’s outbreak countries
Though cases are falling in two of the region's high-burden countries, officials from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and ...
Study finds non-prescription antibiotic use high in young children in poorer countries
showcake / iStock More than one third of children younger than 5 years old in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) ...
Diabetes care access for children still lags in lower-income countries
Although insulin makers have launched several initiatives to improve access in dozens of low- and middle-income countries, the medicines reached ...
Study: In low-income countries, few patients with highly resistant infections get the antibiotics they need
New research suggests only a fraction of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are being treated with ...
Why life expectancy gains in Europe stalled—and how some countries stayed ahead
New research reveals why life expectancy gains have slowed across Europe—and how proactive policies in some countries helped them weather ...
Polio cases reported in 3 countries
unoL / iStock CARB-X (Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator) yesterday announced an award of $3.3 million to Pittsburgh-based Peptilogics to ...
US life expectancy gains expected to stall by 2050 as health progress fails to keep pace with other countries
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. is failing to keep pace with dozens of countries around the world due to ...
Countries that choose to do so can reduce premature death by half, researchers say
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Since 1970, 37 countries have cut the probability of their citizens dying before they reach age ...
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