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Several Ukrainian cities hit in new wave of Russia missile attacks

Condemning the daytime attacks, the UN’s top aid coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, said that several cities were targeted, including the capital, Kyiv, Kryvyi...

New WHO guidelines to help millions quit tobacco

These recommendations are expected to benefit over 750 million adults who want to quit all forms of tobacco including cigarettes, waterpipes, smokeless tobacco products,...

Buckle up, make a safety statement: UN launches global campaign to enhance road safety

Under the motto #MakeASafetyStatement, the campaign will also amplify the core messages of the New Decade of Action for Road Safety, which aims to halve...

Haitian capital’s crippled health system ‘on the brink’

The Haitian health ministry estimates that almost 40 per cent of facilities providing beds for treatment, including the country’s main university hospital, have shut...

Road safety gets a boost with new UN fix for ‘pedal error’

Together with vehicle manufacturers and governments, the UN Working Party dealing with advanced driving technology issues has adopted a new regulation that prevents unwanted, sudden...

‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency

Antibiotics saw “extensive overuse” globally among hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic without improving clinical outcomes, while also potentially increasing the already serious and...

September Is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men, striking approximately 165,000 men each year with about 30,000 dying of the disease—...

Another Word to Add to Your Health IQ: ‘Phthalates’

Most people know that eating out is not only expensive, but it can really pack the pounds on. That's because restaurants often use a...

How To Stay Young (At Least In Spirit) When You’re Retired

Mohr Keet of South Africa bungee jumped when he was 96, landing himself in the Guinness Board of World Records. Yuichiro Miura of Japan climbed...

A New Zika Zone in Miami, No Reason to Panic: Scientists

There is a new Zika transmission zone in Miami and five people have been infected. Scientists announced a mile-square patch of northern Miami, around the...

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