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Since the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approval of omalizumab in 2005 as the first ever biologic for severe asthma, the ...
The administration of US President Donald Trump has taken a series of actions since January, 2025 that directly threaten the foundations of health care, for global and US citizens alike. What started ...
Population breast cancer screening using mammography, alongside effective treatment, has been shown to reduce breast cancer ...
The people of Gaza have been subjected to extreme violence since Oct 7, 2023.1,2 As of May 14, 2025, 52 928 people have been ...
Founded in 1900, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation has made fundamental contributions to the basic understanding of infectious ...
Water and water infrastructure are being increasingly targeted with impunity in conflicts from Gaza to Ukraine. The effects ...
Books are fundamental to Zackie Achmat's life. The health and political activist whose name is synonymous with civil disobedience and who helped lead the mass protests that won access to affordable ...
Neurological disorders are the leading cause of disease burden, affecting more than 3 billion people worldwide, and the second leading cause of death.1 The burden of neurological disorders is ...
New health data regulations promise to empower patients and help research, but can they overcome difficulties in ...
For more than 80 years, the US Government has invested in biomedical, clinical, and public health research, making it a world ...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, One Health approaches1 have revived attention to the interdependence of human, animal, and ...
In May, 2025, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for WHO to address the health ...