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World Health Organization Names Twenty Modifiable Dementia Risk Factors in Its First Major Guideline Update Since 2019

WHO released updated dementia risk guidance covering 20 modifiable factors, adding air pollution and multidomain programs while flagging where evidence runs out.

Medical Daily · Aug 23

Is Rainy-Day Screen Time Making Your Child More Irritable? What Parents Should Know

One rainy afternoon, you hand your child a tablet just to buy yourself 30 peaceful minutes. Totally understandable. Then 30 minutes becomes two hours, bedtime gets pushed back, dinner becomes a negotiation and suddenly your usually cheerful child is snapping over the smallest things. Sound familiar? Rain itself is not…

MyLifeXP · Aug 23

The desperate race to contain Ebola in DR Congo as deadly outbreak reaches 100 days

IN FOCUS: The death toll has accelerated sharply, with roughly half of the more than 2,500 deaths recorded in the past 20 days – with the threat fuelled by a mix of conflict, misinformation and services strained by aid cuts. Liz Cookman reports

The Independent UK · Aug 23

WHO Keeps Global Emergency Status on Congo Ebola as Cases Top 5,000 and Funding Gaps Persist

WHO kept global emergency status for Congo's Ebola outbreak after cases passed 5,000. Officials say the response still faces a funding gap.

Medical Daily · Aug 21

Five years on from first vaccine, fight against malaria sees progress in Africa

On World Mosquito Day, attention remains focused on the devastating impact of the disease in Africa. The continent accounts for 95 per cent of malaria-related deaths worldwide. Five years after the roll-out of the first malaria vaccine, it is beginning to deliver measurable results – although significant challenges remain.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 20

DR Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ebola vaccine used in past outbreaks, WHO says

The International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision, which includes the WHO and other partners, said the doses will be released immediately following a request from DR Congo’s government.

Euronews · Aug 20

Congo to receive 70,000 doses of Ervebo Ebola vaccine which has been effective in past outbreaks

The World Health Organization says Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine

The Independent UK · Aug 20

How The Who overcame internal strife and a drummer behaving like a 'Saudi prince' to make their most poignant album. "Roger punched me once, and I’m sure I asked for it"

By 1973 The Who were bored and angry – and Pete Townshend knew he had one last chance to hold the band together and unify them in the eyes of their fans

Louder · Aug 20

What to know about the outbreak of a rare kind of Ebola

An Ebola outbreak in Congo has surpassed 5,000 confirmed cases

The Independent UK · Aug 19

Congo Ebola Deaths Top 2,300 as WHO Warns Crisis Persists

WHO's emergency committee reconvened on the Congo Ebola epidemic as deaths passed 2,300, with officials calling the outbreak far from under control.

Medical Daily · Aug 19