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WHO sees 'encouraging signs' in Congo Ebola fight, but warns cases in one eastern region are surging

The World Health Organization reports encouraging signs in the fight against an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo

The Independent UK

Banned beauty products are still one click away in India and around the world

Banned skin-bleaching products containing mercury are still available for purchase online. These illegal items are found on Amazon, Temu, and TikTok Shop marketplaces globally. Sellers are relisting products under misleading names to evade detection by authorities. Health advocates and regulators are working to remove these dangerous items from sale.

The Economic Times

Social media is promoting harmful attitudes towards sun exposure

Letter: An awareness campaign isn’t enough. The UK should ban commercial sunbeds, writes Dr Amy Perkins

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Dengue Platelet Panic: Why Families Across India Risk Unnecessary Transfusion and Papaya Overdose

The number that takes over the roomA normal platelet count sits between 1.5 lakh and 4 lakh per microlitre of blood. In dengue, it can drop to 20,000 or even lower, and in most of those cases, the patient still does not bleed. This is the central fact that the…

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Sheikh Hasina's daughter resigns from WHO post following fraud allegations

Saima Wazed, the World Health Organization’s Southeast Asia regional director and daughter of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has resigned from her post following fraud investigations by the UN agency and Bangladeshi authorities, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

The Times of India

5 Drowning Signs That Look Nothing Like Struggling and Why Rescues Come Too Late

The Body Takes Over Before the Mind Can SignalFrancesco Pia, a water safety researcher, documented in 1974 what he called Instinctive Drowning Response, a physiological survival mechanism that kicks in the moment a person begins to lose buoyancy. The findings, later published in On Scene: The Journal of U.S. Coast…

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UN's WMO Marks Clean Air Day With Warning That Extreme Wildfire Smoke Events Have Tripled Since 1990s

The World Meteorological Organization reports a tripling of extreme wildfire smoke events since the 1990s, posing significant challenges to global air quality improvement efforts and health risk assessments.

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Adults Meeting Exercise Guidelines Before COVID Reported Twenty Percent Less Daily Task Disability Two Years Later

A Brazilian cohort study found that adults active before COVID infection had a 20% lower prevalence of difficulty with daily tasks two years later.

Medical Daily

Indian Home First Aid Kit: What Medicines to Keep and What to Throw Out Today

The Problem With the Drawer Under the StairsA 2019 survey by the Indian Pharmaceutical Association found that nearly 68% of urban Indian households store at least one expired medicine, and most families don't know it. The first aid kit isn't the problem. The audit habit is. Medicines degrade. Antiseptics lose…

Times Life

WHO warehouse in Ukraine destroyed after overnight strikes

A World Health Organization humanitarian warehouse holding supplies worth an estimated $500,000 was destroyed, as Kyiv and Moscow exchanged missile strikes over the weekend.

Euronews

How Daily Earphone Use During Commutes Is Causing Hearing Loss and Tinnitus in Young Indians

The Volume You Choose Is Not the Volume You HearThe average Mumbai local train runs at around 90 decibels of ambient noise. A Delhi metro platform during peak hour sits between 85 and 95 decibels. When you plug in earphones in that environment, your brain does not register the background…

Times Life

India takes action against 90% of inspected high-risk pharmaceutical facilities, regulator says

Amid increasing global concerns over Indian pharmaceuticals, India's drug regulator is rigorously addressing high-risk manufacturing sites. This decisive action follows extensive inspections -- over 960 since late last year -- triggered by tragic child fatalities linked to these drugs. By December 31, manufacturers must adhere to World Health Organization standards.

The Economic Times

Resistance to Last-Resort Antibiotics in Children's ICUs More Than Tripled Over Two Decades, Global Analysis Finds

A study of 106,581 pediatric isolates across 82 countries found ICU resistance to reserve antibiotics rose from 9% to 32% over two decades.

Medical Daily

DRC's Ebola outbreak kills more than 1,000, with children hit hardest

More than 1,030 people have died from an Ebola outbreak declared in May in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, as confirmed cases in the DRC surpassed 2,530, according to government data.

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Ebola cases in DRC may be four times official tally, says WHO

The true number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo is at least double, and possibly four times, the official tally, the World Health Organization's emergencies chief said on Tuesday. Official figures say the fever has infected nearly 2,000 people since mid-May.

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WHO launches first trial of antiviral to prevent Bundibugyo strain of Ebola

The World Health Organization launched the first clinical trial on Tuesday to test whether an antiviral drug can prevent infection in people exposed to the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the outbreak continues to outpace response efforts and spread beyond known chains of transmission.

The Independent UK

Majority of new Ebola cases are ‘from unknown chains of transmission,’ WHO official says

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo “continues to outpace the response efforts,” the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief has said

France 24

DR Congo Ebola outbreak's true scale could be four times higher than official toll, WHO says

The true number of Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo is at least double, and ‌possibly four ⁠times, the official tally, ‌the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Official figures hold that the fever has infected nearly 2,000 people since mid-May.

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Researchers Estimate USAID Cuts Have Already Led to 700,000 Deaths Worldwide

World Health Organization estimates show that emergency health services reached more than 80 million people in 2024 but more than 50 million fewer in 2025

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Screen Time Is Reshaping Children's Spines: What Pediatric Research Says About Posture and Curvature

The Weight a Tilted Head Actually CarriesA child's head weighs roughly 5 kilograms in neutral position. Tilt it 15 degrees forward to look at a phone, the position most children hold during screen time, and the effective load on the cervical spine climbs to about 27 kilograms. At 60 degrees…

Euronews

Heatwave: WHO says Europe's readiness for extreme heat falls short

The World Health Organization has warned that Europe must be better prepared for further "deadly weeks" of extreme heat.

The Economic Times

More than 500 dead in DR Congo Ebola outbreak

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has now claimed over 500 lives. World Health Organization figures show 1,561 confirmed cases and 506 deaths in the DRC. Two deaths have also occurred in neighboring Uganda, with 16 patients recovering there. This outbreak is driven by a rare Ebola…

The Independent UK

Trump team already blaming Europe over fears that Ebola could come to US via World Cup fans

State Department calls on European countries to abandon World Health Organization approach and adopt stricter travel rules to ensure virus does not reach North America and after outbreak in Central Africa

The Independent UK

Health workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak labor with little pay or rest

Health workers inside Mongbwalu, the epicenter of Congo's outbreak, say they are working with little pay or rest

The Independent UK

'We’re still behind' in Congo's Ebola outbreak even as testing improves, WHO says

The World Health Organization says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start, but testing is improving

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