Tag: health
Vaccine against Ebola: Commission grants new market authorisations
Today (July 1), the European Commission adopted the decision granting marketing authorisations to the company Janssen, a Johnson & Johnson company, for a vaccine against…
As surrogacy booms, fears Ukraine becoming ‘online baby store’
Tears of joy stream down Andrea Viez’s face as she lifts her baby boy, born to a surrogate mother in Ukraine. After nine years of…
COVID-19 upends ‘entire generation’ of 600 million South Asian children
Without urgent action, COVID-19 will continue to unravel decades of progress across South Asia, destroying the “hopes and futures of an entire generation”, warns a…
EU becoming safer, better-off and healthier – but less gender-equal
Crime, violence, poverty, ill health and air pollution have all declined in the European Union over the last five years – but gender inequality has…
Disease puts 1 in 5 globally at severe COVID-19 risk: study
An estimated 1.7 billion people – more than 20 percent of the world’s population – risk becoming severely infected with COVID-19 due to underlying health…
Dementia prevention smartphone app developed in Japan
A government institution has developed a smartphone app designed to prevent elderly people from developing dementia amid restraints on activities outside the home due to…
‘Rolling lockdowns’ could protect both health and economies in poorer countries, scientists say
With no vaccine and no cure yet available for COVID-19, the main approach to controlling the coronavirus pandemic has so far relied on keeping people…
Stalled vaccine programmes ‘putting children’s lives at risk’
Millions of children could die from preventable disease because of severe disruptions to vaccination programmes caused by coronavirus, experts warn. At least 68 countries have…
COVID-19 disrupting services to treat non-communicable diseases, WHO survey finds
The fight against COVID-19 has severely disrupted services to prevent and treat cancer, diabetes, hypertension and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which kill more than 40…
Survey identifies learning opportunities related to health impacts of climate change
An international survey of Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) membership found that the majority of members–health professions schools and programs, including medical,…
Global site 
Finnish site