Category: 6. Health

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) Rapid Risk Assessment (RRA) published this week, from 1 January to 10 December 2025, 502,264 CHIKV disease cases, including 208,335 confirmed cases, and 186 CHIKV deaths, were reported globally.

A systematic review and meta-analysis finds that the definition of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) used by the World Health Organization (WHO) demonstrated reduced sensitivity and low specificity in children, suggesting that…

The top cardiovascular managed care news of 2025 covered the full range of care, from research to drug approvals to patient monitoring.

Among this year’s top content, a pair of studies published in The American Journal of Managed Care^® (AJMC

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus is extending its tendrils around the world. Research out this month finds that the public health threat of Candida auris has steadily climbed over time.

Researchers reviewed the scientific…

If you’re thinking of plopping your infant in front of a screen to get some peace and quiet, you might want to reconsider – higher screen exposure in infancy was linked to longer decision times later on and higher anxiety symptoms in the teenage…

Relative to uninfected control patients, those hospitalized with acute respiratory infections (ARIs) due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or influenza were at substantially higher adjusted risk for all-cause death, heart attack, exacerbation…

Through December 10, the world has seen more than 500,000 chikungunya cases worldwide, with almost 300,000 in the Americas region alone, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported in a risk assessment yesterday.

With a…