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Former World Health Organisation chief Dr Michael J Ryan said authorities did not trust people to make their own decisions.

AUT professor of Māori health Jacquie Kidd (Ngāpuhi) has spent a lifetime standing with whānau Māori, who battle a health system designed for others and are twice as likely to die from cancer as Pākehā. Now 62 and facing her own terminal cancer diagnosis, Jacquie has written her story to understand herself and her whakapapa better, and to share what she’s learned working with people who are dying after being diagnosed too late. Most importantly, she argues that a health and social system designed around whānau Māori allows everyone to flourish.

A global research team co‑led by McMaster University has identified one of the first medications shown to meaningfully reduce fatigue in people living with long COVID—a breakthrough for millions still struggling with persistent symptoms years after the pandemic began.

When the topic of Lyme disease comes up, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. often tells a story about standing in a bathtub in Westchester County, New York, in the 1980s, picking almost 30 ticks off of himself after a day in the woods.

By Samira Larbie, GNA  Accra, March 30, GNA – Today marks World Bipolar Day, a global observance dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of bipolar disorder, a mental health…

Uniindia: Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNI) Bangladesh is seeing a sharp resurgence of measles infections, with 676 children diagnosed in the first three months of the year — a dramatic spike compared to just nine cases during the same period last year.

Uniindia: Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNI) Bangladesh is seeing a sharp resurgence of measles infections, with 676 children diagnosed in the first three months of the year — a dramatic spike compared to just nine cases during the same period last year.

Uniindia: Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNI) Bangladesh is seeing a sharp resurgence of measles infections, with 676 children diagnosed in the first three months of the year — a dramatic spike compared to just nine cases during the same period last year.

Ghana, like many countries in the WHO Africa Region, remains vulnerable to public health emergencies due to underlying vulnerabilities and...

Genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk in women has, for much of its clinical history, been available only through a referral pathway involving a GP, a clinical genetics team and a family history review meeting specific risk thresholds. The arrival of direct-access private testing has changed this significantly. Women who would not historically have qualified for NHS genetic testing under current criteria can now access clinically validated hereditary cancer genetic testing through private providers, often without waiting months for a specialist appointment.