Ethiopia confirms 3 deaths from Ebola-like Marburg virus in new outbreak Marburg can be fatal in up to 88 per cent of people who fall ill. Euronews · Nov 17, 2025
Can a global health conference on tobacco control kick butts? Decision-makers from around the world are gathering in Geneva from Monday for a week-long conference that could help determine the direction of international efforts to rein in the dangers of tobacco. The environmental impact of cigarettes and marketing strategies that target young consumers will be top of the agenda. Radio France Internationale · Nov 17, 2025
Europe’s children and teenagers face growing mental health crisis, WHO warns A rising share of children and teenagers have mental health conditions, but global health experts warn that professional support is lacking. Euronews · Nov 17, 2025
Why aging shouldn’t be classified as a disease In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases — a global, standard-setting guideline for how institutions should understand and organize health information. In it was a new diagnostic category for symptoms and signs of disease: “old age.” The Conversation · Nov 16, 2025
Science history: 'Patient zero' catches SARS, the older cousin of COVID — Nov. 16, 2002 A person came down with an atypical form of pneumonia in November 2002, but it would be two months before anyone realized it was the start of a pandemic. LiveScience · Nov 16, 2025
“I'm quite interested in AI... getting some of my songs that didn’t quite work and putting them up onto Suno... there might be hits”: Why Pete Townshend is interested in using AI But then the Who guitarist has never been afraid of tech MusicRadar · Nov 15, 2025
Poliovirus detected in Germany’s sewage: Here’s why officials are concerned despite ‘low’ risks The wastewater finding underscores the ongoing health threat, decades after Europe was declared polio-free. Euronews · Nov 15, 2025
I'm Bummed Doctor Who Is On A Break, But There's A New Project Led By Two Fan-Favorite Companions That Will Fill The Void I'm so hype for this. Cinemablend · Nov 14, 2025
Ethiopia reports first Marburg outbreak as WHO sends team to Omo region The WHO has dispatched a technical team to support the East African nation with testing and response efforts The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025
“I was smashing a guitar at every show. I had to use this special glue called Cascamite – it’s a powdered glue and I managed to string them back together. I got very good at putting guitars together”: Pete Townshend remembers The Who’s first US tour "I was just making sure I left my mark" MusicRadar · Nov 14, 2025
"I was bullied in 72 by a bunch of hippies": Pete Townshend names his five favourite Pete Townshend songs Pete Townshend revealed the best songs he's written on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Louder · Nov 13, 2025
New tuberculosis cases and deaths fell in 2024, but health experts are still worried. Here’s why While rates of new TB cases and deaths fell in 2024, global health officials say global health funding cuts could endanger this progress. Euronews · Nov 13, 2025
New malaria treatment could fight growing threat of drug resistance Drugmaker Novartis said it will move quickly to ask regulators to approve the new medicine. Euronews · Nov 13, 2025
‘Utter hypocrisy’: tobacco firm lobbied against rules in Africa that are law in UK British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter shows The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025 Vapes are ‘compromising children’s human rights’, experts warn New analysis published in the BMJ highlights that teenagers are "particularly sensitive" to nicotine exposure
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025 Online gambling is everywhere. So are the risks With the rise of online betting and prediction markets, states and public health organizations are devoting resources to people who become addicted or develop a problematic habit
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025 Global tuberculosis diagnoses rise to a record, but deaths fall, WHO reports The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023's record total
The Conversation · Nov 12, 2025 Should I kick my diet soft-drink habit? Where do I start? The average Australian drinks almost 60 litres of soft drink a year. Many people see diet soft drinks as a “healthier” choice than regular ones, and when it comes to sugar, that’s true.
Euronews · Nov 11, 2025 Scientists dream of beating malaria by editing disease-carrying mosquitoes' DNA. Could it work? A global health group breaks down exactly where the promise lies in using genetically modified mosquitoes to eliminate life-threatening diseases – and where they may fall short.
Guitar World · Nov 10, 2025 “Jeff Beck would pick up my fretless and play the craziest licks. I was in awe”: Pino Palladino’s adventures with The Who, John Mayer, Eric Clapton and his Music Man fretless bass One of the most identifiable bass players on the planet on why he shifted back to fretted, embracing flatwounds even though they were unfashionable, and how he’s still topping the charts with the likes of Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé and Ed Sheeran
The Conversation · Nov 9, 2025 Gough Whitlam believed John Kerr’s wife played a key role in The Dismissal. Did she? The Dismissal still looms as Australia’s greatest political crisis, 50 years on. The familiar story centres on four figures. Governor general Sir John Kerr – who, on November 11 1975, sacked prime minister Gough Whitlam. Malcolm Fraser, the opposition leader who blocked the budget to force the election he would…
Inverse · Nov 9, 2025 10 Years Ago, The Oldest Sci-Fi Show Dropped A Speech That We Can Never Forget In the 2015 'Doctor Who' episode 'The Zygon Inversion,' the series made a profound statement in one of Peter Capaldi's best speeches, ever.
Radio France Internationale · Nov 8, 2025 Polish tobacco producers protest as EU weighs up cutting funding to farms Ahead of a meeting later this month where the EU will decide whether to adopt World Health Organization recommendations to cut funding to European tobacco farms, Polish producers are making their voices heard.
Grocery Coupon Guide · Nov 7, 2025 Here’s The Top 5 Foods That Everyone Should Stop Eating The modern food supply offers a wide range of convenient and delicious options. However, some of these foods come with a very high and a very well-documented health risk. Major global health organizations, like the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) and the American Heart Association (AHA), have issued strong warnings about…
BANG Premier · Nov 7, 2025 Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson took up fencing to give up groupies Bruce Dickinson has admitted he slept around a lot and could have ended up on a "slippery slope" of sex addiction before finding fencing.