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UNICEF’s Female Vaccinators: Driving Polio Eradication and Empowering Afghan Women

The Female Mobilizer Vaccinator (FMV) program, led by UNICEF and its partners, offers optimism for Afghanistan despite its challenges. From 2020's pilot project to...

The Role of Vitamin C in Antioxidant Defense and Collagen Production

Celebrity cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Anthony Youn, with an emphasis on a holistic approach to beauty, points out that vitamin C not only protects skin...

German Man Receives 217 Covid Shots, Defying Guidelines

The instance of a 62-year-old German resident who purposely received 217 COVID-19 shots over 29 months made national recommendations irrelevant. Lancet Infectious Diseases research...

Revolutionising Snakebite Treatment: Progress Towards a Universal Antivenom

The groundbreaking study brings a new voice to the fight against snakebites, which kill 138,000 people worldwide each year. Universal antivenoms may soon take...

Dengue Crisis in Brazil: Hopes Pinned on Local Vaccine as Outbreak Surges

In a moment of unusually high temperatures and copious rainfall, Brazil is facing a dengue outbreak like never before. This viral disease causes "severe...

Global Obesity Epidemic Surpasses One Billion People

The Lancet published an international study on the rise in obesity in children, adolescents, and adults involving over a billion people. The NCD Risk...

Azam Warsak Witnesses Successful Launch of Five-Day Anti-Polio Drive

From Sunday, February 29th, to March 4th, 2024, Azam Warsak of Birmall Tehsil, Lower South Waziristan, hosted the anti-polio campaign for five days. Police...

Low HCV Recurrence Risk in Renal Transplant Patients Post-DAA Treatment

A recent study reported that DAA therapy was very effective for kidney transplant recipients, who had HCV before the transplantation. DAA end-of-treatment response (ETR)...

Daily Soda Habit Raises Risk of Deadly Kidney Disease

South Korean researchers found that one fizzy drink a day doubles the risk of renal disease. In JAMA Network Open, researchers examine sugary drinks'...

Measles Outbreak Surges in Kyrgyzstan

Since 2024, the Center for Immunoprophylaxis has recorded 4078 measles cases in Kyrgyzstan. The epidemic is in full force today, February 27, so health...

Groundbreaking Intervention Slashes Postpartum Anxiety and Depression Risk

A recent NIH-funded study discovered an intervention that surprisingly reduces postpartum anxiety and depression in low-resource women. The breakthrough could revolutionize mental health care...

Responding to the Somalia Cholera Crisis

Somalia's cholera epidemic began in Maroodijeh and Awdal in December 2023 and expanded to Hargeisa. As of February 5, 2024, the Ministry of Health...

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