Category: 6. Health

Reposted from U of U Health.

The gut microbiome is intimately linked to human health and weight. Differences in the gut microbiome—the bacteria and fungi in the gut—are associated with obesity and weight gain, raising the…

In support of cancer control efforts in countries around the world, the WHO Academy has today launched a course on  National Cancer Control Planning for Programme Managers. The course is intended for those involved in strategic…

In a study published yesterday in Eurosurveillance, a team led by Johns Hopkins University researchers describe an mpox clade 1b outbreak in Uvira, a densely populated city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where transmission was…

WASHINGTON — A vaccine adviser at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with ties to health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is being given a new portfolio that will have him overseeing research into adverse childhood experiences,…

Although human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are best known for preventing cervical cancer, a new study from Sweden finds that women and girls who received the immunizations are also less likely to develop precancerous lesions of the vulva and…

Season 7 | Episode 24

In this episode of Talking Sleep, host Dr. Seema Khosla welcomes Dr. Safwan Badr, the newly appointed editor of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine and sleep medicine physician at Wayne State University, for an in-depth…

Richard Eby knew things were getting bad when the schools shut down.

Eby is a family medicine doctor based in Andrews, in West Texas. It’s a quiet town of 14,000, chock full of all-American touches — a Buffalo Wild Wings sits a few…

NEWS

OkayAfrica has scoured the internet for today’s major news stories, so you don’t have to. On Dec 19, coverage includes ethical backlash over a U.S.-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau, revelations…

WHO press release

18 December 2025 — The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Brazil for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, making it the most populous country in the Americas to achieve this historic milestone….