Category: 6. Health

  • BOHS guidance targets diesel exhaust cancer risks at work

    BOHS guidance targets diesel exhaust cancer risks at work

    Scientific experts are calling on employers who use diesel powered plant, equipment and vehicles to ensure that they understand the best way of controlling emissions or obtain expert competent advice to assist them.

    “Diesel engines power…

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  • Listeria bacteria share DNA to increase antibiotic resistance

    Listeria bacteria share DNA to increase antibiotic resistance

    Scientists have discovered a hidden communication system inside bacteria that allows them to share genetic information and develop resistance to multiple antibiotics.


    Biologists have identified a previously unknown mode of…

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  • Vegan diets found to halve carbon footprints and cut disease risk

    Vegan diets found to halve carbon footprints and cut disease risk

    Emerging research in plant-based food and environmental health encourages people to consume less meat and fish. Researchers also highlight this diet’s benefits for lowering communicable disease risks. 

    Nutrition Insight examines findings…

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  • World Cancer Day 2026 | WHO

    Message from WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi 

    Cancer is no longer a silent crisis in Africa. It is a growing public health emergency that demands urgent, equitable and sustained action.

    On World Cancer Day today, the World…

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  • Fecal Microbiota Transplant Safety Goal Met in Kidney Cancer – Medscape

    1. Fecal Microbiota Transplant Safety Goal Met in Kidney Cancer  Medscape
    2. Fecal microbiota transplantation plus immunotherapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: the phase 1 PERFORM trial  Nature
    3. ‘Poop pills’ developed in London show promise for…

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  • Valneva and Instituto Butantan Announce Initiation of a Pilot Vaccination Campaign in Brazil with Single-Shot Chikungunya Vaccine IXCHIQ®

    Lyon (France), Sao Paulo, (Brazil), February 3, 2026 – Valneva SE  (Nasdaq: VALN; Euronext Paris: VLA), a specialty vaccine company and Instituto Butantan, one of the world’s largest biomedical research centers, today…

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  • Why supplements are (almost always) a waste and often risky – Genetic Literacy Project

    1. Why supplements are (almost always) a waste and often risky  Genetic Literacy Project
    2. ‘Science does not support a one-pill-for-everyone approach’: Hyderabad neurologist says daily supplement is not needed by all healthy adults  The Indian…

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