British medical journal calls for 'global conversation' about Olympics
The Lancet has said silence by the WHO and other major health bodies such as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a "deflection of responsibility."
Trump’s environmental policies killed thousands of people, scientists say
The Trump administration deliberately harnessed racism and class animosity to push policies that caused hundreds of thousands of American deaths, according to The Lancet.
Retracted COVID-19 studies expose gaps in vetting of U.S. health data firms
As hospitals have moved to electronic health records, independent analytics firms have started buying hospital data sold without patient names.
1 in 5 deaths worldwide linked to unhealthy diet, study says
Eleven million deaths worldwide in 2017 were linked to people eating poor diets high in sugar, salt and processed meat that contributed to heart disease, cancer and diabetes, a global study found. The research, published in the Lancet medical journal, found that among 195 countries ...
C-section births rise rapidly to more than 20% worldwide, research finds
Rates of caesarean section births almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 — from 12 to 21 percent worldwide — new research has found, with the life-saving surgery unavailable to many women in poor countries while often over-used in richer ones. The research, published in The ...
Bodies buried, Congo bracing for next Ebola outbreak, busting rumors
Democratic Republic of Congo may have declared an end to its ninth outbreak of the lethal Ebola virus since 1976, but health experts are already plotting ways to beat the next flare-up. From vaccines to apps, myth-busting to health training, officials are looking at myriad ...
In a 2013 study of 188 countries by the British medical journal Lancet, Japan ranked first in “healthy life expectancy.”
In the first-ever global picture of sexual assault, a respected British medical journal reports that, worldwide, 7.2 percent of women at least 15 years old have suffered sexual violence from a stranger.
