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A Painless Bump on a Farmer's Palm Became a Wrist-Eroding Infection Over 9 Years, Doctors Report

An 85-year-old farmer's recurring hand lesion developed into actinomycotic mycetoma, a rare bacterial infection that eroded wrist bones despite earlier surgery and antibiotics.

Medical Daily · Oct 30

Ebola Vaccine Trial Begins in Congo as Bundibugyo Outbreak Tops 10,000 Confirmed Cases and 4,900 Deaths

The Tumaini trial has begun in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to test vaccines against Bundibugyo virus, amid a deadly outbreak and tightening U.S. travel rules.

Medical Daily · Oct 30

Climate Change Killed More People Than Malaria in 2023. Scientists Say It's Time to Declare an Emergency

The 2026 Lancet Countdown reports record heat-related deaths, major economic losses and worsening food insecurity, urging governments to replace voluntary climate pledges with coordinated action.

Latin Times · Oct 30

6 Reasons Most Slipped Discs Heal Without Surgery

A slipped disc diagnosis lands hard. The name alone suggests something structural and permanent, a component that has slipped out of place and needs to be put back. What the imaging actually shows is usually a disc that has bulged or herniated, pressing on a nerve root and causing pain…

Times Life · Oct 29

5 Questions That Cut Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescriptions in Indian Clinics

Antibiotic resistance has become one of the most documented public health problems in India, and a significant driver is the prescription written before a clear bacterial cause is established. The World Health Organization has named India among the countries with the highest rates of antimicrobial resistance, and ICMR surveillance data…

Times Life · Oct 29

Medical experts warn climate change is now a 'global health emergency'

The damage wreaked by climate change on human health is escalating, experts warn, with deaths from heat, drought and other extreme weather rising faster than the world is taking action to limit global warming. Published on Wednesday, a report by medical journal The Lancet calls for climate change to be…

Radio France Internationale · Oct 28

Why the WHO must declare climate change a public health emergency

Across the world, people have felt the impacts of climate change firsthand. The northern hemisphere has had another record-breaking summer season of heat and extreme weather events. The south now faces a summer of heatwaves, flooding, wildfires and droughts. This is driven by decades of climate change, now supercharged by…

The Conversation · Oct 28

'Ebola is like Covid pandemic': African CDC chief says no country in the world is safe now

In light of the ongoing Ebola outbreak, Dr. Jean Kaseya from the Africa CDC underscores the urgent need for global readiness. With over 10,000 confirmed cases and nearly 5,000 fatalities reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the situation is grave. Neighboring nations such as Uganda and Kenya are also…

The Economic Times · Oct 28

Climate change should be declared health emergency as health risks can no longer be ignored

Climate change should be declared a global health emergency as its impacts intensify faster than action to address them, authors of a major new report warn.

Euronews · Oct 28

6 Hospital Infections That Start at an IV Line or Catheter

Every tube or line placed in a hospital patient is a trade-off. The IV delivers fluids, medication, or nutrition. The catheter drains urine when a patient cannot. Both work. Both also bypass the skin, which is the body's first and most effective barrier against infection. When that barrier is crossed,…

Times Life · Oct 28