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New York: A new World Health Organization (WHO) report on obesity levels in Europe released on Wednesday, shows that roughly one in three primary school-aged children is living with obesity or are overweight, and this is only set to rise further. more
Robotic Healing: Robot-Assisted Surgery Rising in the U.S. and India

Across the world from the United States to India, medical experts say robotic surgery is surging because of the many benefits it offers, ranging from reduced recovery time to less blood l ...

One pregnant woman or newborn dies every 7 seconds: new UN report

New York: Global progress in reducing the premature deaths of pregnant women, mothers and babies, has flatlined for eight years due to decreasing investments in maternal and newborn healt ...

US: FDA approves first Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Arexvy, the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine approved for use in the United States.

Health systems show first major signs of post-COVID-19 recovery

New York: Health systems in most countries have started showing the first major signs of recovery three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left millions dead and hundreds of mill ...

Heart Health: Check out how 10 key diets scored

New York: Thinking about trying a new diet but not sure which way to go?

WHO launches new pandemic prevention plan, as COVID deaths fall 95 per cent

New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday launched a new initiative to help strengthen countries’ ability to plan for, and deal with, another deadly pandemic like C ...

WHO urges increased implementation of recommended tools to combat malaria

Geneva:  Marking World Malaria Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is issuing a call for increased implementation of new and existing interventions to save lives from malaria.

Survey says worries about environmental issues are consistently leading to lost sleep for many Americans

Worries about environmental issues are consistently leading to lost sleep for many Americans,  a recent survey has revealed.

World Immunization Week sees ‘big catch-up’ to get vaccines back on track

New York: The COVID-19 pandemic caused millions of children to miss out on routine vaccines and countries must act now to restore essential immunization coverage to a least 2019 levels, U ...