Keywords: Public health
Health authorities in Morocco’s Chtouka-Aït Baha province have intensified preventive measures following the identification of a limited family cluster of diphtheria, with vaccination and public awareness efforts being expanded across the area. The provincial Vigilance and Monitoring Committee......
A major measles outbreak in Pennsylvania has surpassed 900 confirmed cases this year, with state health authorities reporting four measles-associated deaths and continued transmission across dozens of counties. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said 903 cases had been confirmed across 39 of the......
Infections caused an estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases worldwide in 2024, accounting for about 12% of all newly diagnosed cancers, according to a new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the specialized cancer research agency of the World Health Organization. The findings, published......
Two limited family clusters of diphtheria have been identified in Morocco’s Souss-Massa region, prompting an epidemiological response by health authorities. The Ministry of Health and Social Protection said on September 28 that one infection has been laboratory-confirmed, while eight additional......
The World Health Organization is expanding its support for artificial intelligence tools designed to help detect tuberculosis at an earlier stage, as health systems continue to face difficulties identifying a significant share of people affected by the disease. The initiative involves including computer-aided......
Morocco is preparing a major overhaul of its mental health system as authorities seek to address a longstanding shortage of funding, specialists and accessible care. The country’s new Mental Health Plan 2030 places psychological wellbeing at the centre of the national public health agenda, presenting......
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham aims to make social care reform one of the key issues of his term, but does not plan to present his proposal to Parliament before the next general elections. He intends to submit his plan to voters during the upcoming national vote, expected by mid-2029 at the latest. At......
The United States is set to end funding for health programmes it has supported in Zimbabwe for more than two decades, marking a significant change in the two countries’ development partnership and raising questions about the future of HIV treatment and other public-health services. US Ambassador......
The Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached a critical scale, with 7,672 confirmed cases and 3,699 deaths recorded by the latest national health authorities’ report. The case-fatality rate stands at 48.2%, underscoring the severity of an......
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