More: Health
Robot assistants in the operating room promise safer surgery
By Gareth Willmer
In a surgery in India, a robot scans a patient’s knee to figure out how best to carry out a joint replacement. Meanwhile,...
2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox)...
Life-threatening infections on the rise due to drug-resistant bacteria
Over 50 per cent of life-threatening bacterial infections are becoming resistant to treatment, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report published on Friday reveals. Moreover,...
Breast cancer: an aggressive variant triggers a hunt for cures
By Vittoria D’alessio
Breast cancer is the most common type in women and, in Europe alone, causes almost 92 000 deaths a year. Though this number is...
QR codes on milk cartons to offer window into livestock health and welfare
By ALI JONES
A simple QR code printed on the packaging could mean a carton of milk might one day offer a window onto the health...
Gates Foundation Pledges $7B for Healthcare, Women and Agriculture in Africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has made resonating announcement that the foundation will spend $7 billion, over the next four years, to improve...
Countries Need to Fundamentally Change Health Systems to Better Prepare for Future Shocks
As the experience from COVID-19 has shown, countries need to take transformative action to build stronger, more resilient health systems, says a new World...
Public health risks increasing in flood-affected Pakistan
Although flood waters have continued to recede in many flood-affected areas across Pakistan in recent weeks, around eight million people need essential health assistance,...
Repurposing finds new health-giving uses for old medicines
By VITTORIA D’ALESSIO
Drug discovery is slow, expensive and often ends in failure, so no wonder scientists are exploring new ways to medicate disease. One source...
Prevent Rather than Fight the Next Pandemic with a One Health Approach
As the world continues to deal with the devastating effects of COVID-19, the World Bank is today releasing a new report that proposes actionable...