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Countries reach ‘historic’ agreement to tackle future pandemics, WHO says
Members of the World Health Organization reached an agreement to prepare the world for future pandemics after more than three ...
WHO countries strike landmark agreement on tackling future pandemics
Years of negotiations culminated early Wednesday with countries agreeing the text of a landmark accord on how to tackle ...
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First global pandemic treaty agreed — without the US
The World Health Organization accord promotes sharing scientific data in exchange for more equitable distribution of drugs ...
Trump administration’s foreign aid cuts threaten to roll back global maternal mortality progress
Maternal mortality rates have declined significantly across the world since the turn of the century, but global health ...
Japan begins 4-day workweek regime: Other countries that follow it for increased productivity and happiness
The idea of a permanent three-day weekend has long been a dream for workers around the world and now, it’s slowly becoming a ...
WHO tests the world’s pandemic response with fictional ‘mammothpox’ outbreak
WHO tests the world’s pandemic response with fictional ‘mammothpox’ outbreak - The WHO simulation exercise looked at how ...
Trump’s Revenge on Public Health
In the early 1980s, the virus’s ravages were treated as “something that happens over there, only to those people,” Juan ...
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Colorado elementary school ranked one of the healthiest in the country
In Colorado, one school in the Cherry Creek School District is being recognized for being one of the healthiest in the country. That distinction is granted by the Alliance for a Healthier ...
This key American business sector has a massive trade surplus with the rest of the world. Its jobs are at risk in a trade war
While the White House is waging a trade war on behalf of US manufacturing, the largest and most important part of the US economy, one that has a trade surplus, not a gap, is under threat.
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Could polio be poised for a comeback?
Cases have been rising in Afghanistan and Pakistan — and global health specialists are worried that this year's U.S. foreign ...
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An Aussie favourite has made it to the world's 'healthiest' beaches list
Famous Australian beach Manly in Sydney has been ranked as one of the world's healthiest by wellness website Health News. In order to create its Healthy Beach Index, the website homed in on 20 ...