One billion children at ‘extremely high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis
UNICEF/UN0372373/Ocon/AFP-Services A girl protects herself from the heavy rains by wearing a raincoat as she returns home from a shelter...
Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019
Summary Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost treatments can effectively control...
Health Security and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Health and Security for Whom?
The pandemic proves "health security" should no longer drive global health policy U.S. President Joe Biden removes his face mask as he...
Here it is: The toxic stockpile of chemicals in torched Durban warehouse
WATCH | UPL Chemical factory in Cornubia, Durban still alight On Monday smoke filled the air outside the UPL chemical plant in Cornubia,...
UNAIDS sets new targets after missing most recent goals
Shannon Hader, deputy executive director at UNAIDS. Photo by: IAEA Imagebank / CC BY A majority of countries missed the 2020 global...
Deforestation is leading to more infectious diseases in humans
Rainforest is cleared for cattle farming along the Trans-Amazonian Highway. Clearing like this is linked to the spread of infectious...