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- Afghanistan, Africa, Aid, Children's health, Global development, Global health, Health, Infectious diseases, Malawi, Medical research, Pakistan, Polio, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Science, Social media, Society, South and Central Asia, US healthcare, Vaccines and immunisation, World news
Influencers, misinformation and aid cuts: the fight to halt polio in Malawi
A huge vaccination drive has been launched after the country’s first outbreak in years of the paralysing disea…
- Africa, Cambodia, China, Health, Malaria, Oxford, Thailand, University of Oxford, Vietnam, World Health Organization
Sir Nick White obituary
Distinguished clinician and scientist who was a leading figure in the treatment of malaria worlwideThe idea th…
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Parents of Melbourne methanol-poisoning victims ‘shocked’ by $185 fines handed to Laos hostel staff
Fathers of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, who died after a night out at the Nana Backpackers H…
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One person dead from Nipah virus in Bangladesh, WHO says
The case in Bangladesh, where Nipah cases are reported almost every year, follows two Nipah virus cases identi…
- Afghanistan, Contraception and family planning, Family, Global development, Global health, Health, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, Pregnancy, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraceptionParwana* no lo…
- Acupuncture, Alternative medicine, Global development, Global health, Health, Health & wellbeing, Homeopathy, India, Life and style, Medical research, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, World Health Organization, World news
‘A potential treasure trove’: World Health Organization to explore benefits of traditional medicines
UN body to study possibility of integrating centuries-old practices into mainstream healthcareFrom herbalists …
- Diabetes, Health, India, Obesity, Pharmaceuticals industry, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
India’s doctors sound alarm over boom in availability of weight loss jabs
Country is facing epidemic of diabetes and obesity, but experts say widespread and unregulated use of weight l…
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China to hike tax on condoms in attempt to boost falling birth rate
From 1 January, contraceptives will be subject to a 13% VAT rate – part of a carrot-and-stick approach by the …
- Global development, Global health, Health, India, Infant and child mortality, Kashmir, Maternal health, Maternal mortality, Mongolia, Pastoralism, Society, South and Central Asia, United Nations, Women, World Health Organization, World news
Born in the forest: the women giving birth alone in the Kashmiri mountains
Far from hospitals, nomadic Gujjar women routinely go into labour – and die – on their herder communities’ lon…
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Surgeons remove up to 100 magnets from New Zealand teenager’s intestines
Boy, 13, swallowed the high-power magnets after apparently buying them from the online retailer TemuA 13-year-…
- Asia Pacific, Digital media, Health, Health & wellbeing, Internet, Japan, Mental health, Smartphones, Social media, Technology, Young people
‘It made my day more meaningful’: the Japanese gen Zers attempting a two-hour limit on smartphone use
Authorities in Japan are taking action against excessive phone time – but what is it like to restrict scrollin…
- Cholera, Extreme weather, Flooding, Global development, Health, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, World news
Crowded camps, stagnant water and not enough doctors: first the floods, now disease stalks millions in Pakistan
As the waters recede, a surge in cases of cholera, diarrhoea, malaria and dengue has compounded the misery of …
- Cervical cancer, Global development, Global health, Health, HPV vaccine, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, Vaccines and immunisation, Women's health, World news
‘One jab will do the job’: Pakistan begins rollout of HPV vaccine to millions of girls
Despite vaccination hesitancy, the end may be in sight for cervical cancer, which kills 64% of women with the …
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Healthy living, science and an army of doctors: Putin’s pursuit of longevity
Russian leader was caught musing about immortality with Xi Jinping but his fascination with long life is nothi…
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Thursday briefing: How the colonial legacy has created a toxic beauty industry
In today’s newsletter: Doctors are sounding the alarm over a surge in cancers and irreversible skin damage lin…