Disease
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150,000 Rohingya children in Bangladesh to be vaccinated amid threat of disease outbreak
Sep 26, 2017News Hour: A vaccination campaign against measles, rubella, and polio is underway to immunize 150,000 Rohingya children below the age of 15 in 68 refugee settlements close to the border with Myanmar. The seven-day campaign is... -
GBD study provides latest estimates for worldwide causes of death, disease and illness
Sep 15, 2017News Hour: The Global Burden of Disease study (GBD) publishes its latest global estimates for the state of the world’s health in The Lancet. The GBD is the only annual, comprehensive, peer-reviewed assessment of global trends... -
Yemen’s cholera outbreak infected 612,703 people
Sep 5, 2017News Hour: Yemen’s cholera outbreak has infected 612,703 people and killed 2,048 since it began in April, and some districts are still reporting sharp rises in new cases, data from the World Health Organization and Yemen’s... -
Cholera breaks out in northeast Nigeria at a camp for people displaced by the eight year conflict with Boko Haram
Aug 31, 2017News Hour: Cholera has broken out in northeast Nigeria at a camp for people displaced by the eight-year conflict with Boko Haram, aid group Médecins Sans Frontières said on Thursday, bringing disease to communities already underfed... -
Lung cancer rates are increasing among never-smokers
Aug 31, 2017News Hour: From 1990 through 2013, the percentage of patients with non–small-cell lung cancer who never smoked rose from 8.0% to 14.9%. In a 2004 Surgeon General report, the percentage of lung cancer patients who never... -
Spread of acute watery diarrhoea and suspected cholera slows in Yemen
Aug 29, 2017News Hour: The Yemeni people continue to be hit by an unprecedented and mostly man-made humanitarian crisis. Amid the suffering, ordinary Yemenis are leading a heroic daily fight against acute watery diarrhoea and cholera which is... -
Family expenses increases due to Dementia
Aug 26, 2017News Hour: The average lifetime cost of care after a diagnosis of dementia in the U.S. is about $322,000, and families pay about 70% of that, new research suggests. The cost of care is $185,000 higher... -
Older adult smokers more likely to become physically frail than their counterparts
Aug 26, 2017News Hour: Older adults who smoke are more likely to become physically frail than their counterparts who are former smokers or never used tobacco products, a recent study suggests. Researchers studied people age 60 or older... -
Women with bulimia are up to four times more likely to be convicted of theft
Aug 19, 2017News Hour: Women with anorexia nervosa or bulimia are up to four times more likely to be convicted of theft – often petty thefts like shoplifting – compared to peers without eating disorders, according to results... -
The Philippines has found a second outbreak of bird flu
Aug 18, 2017News Hour: The Philippines has found a second outbreak of bird flu in another province in the main Luzon island, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol said on Friday, a week after reporting the country’s first case of...