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Self-Care for Health and Well-Being: WHO Reports 4.5 Billion People Lack Essential Health Services as Self-Care Interventions Offer Path to Universal Coverage
Key Facts In 2021, an estimated 4.5 billion people were not fully covered by essential health services WHO At least…
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Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia): WHO Reports 253.7 Million People Need Treatment as Waterborne Parasite Threatens Millions
Key Facts At least 253.7 million people required preventive treatment for schistosomiasis in 2024, with only 100.5 million actually treated…
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Scabies: The Neglected Skin Disease Affecting 200 Million People Worldwide
Key Facts Box 200 million people globally have scabies at any given time, according to WHO estimates Scabies is caused…
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WHO Reports 1.19 Million Annual Road Traffic Deaths — Half Are Vulnerable Road Users
Key Facts Road traffic injuries kill approximately 1.19 million people annually, making them the leading cause of death for children…
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Public health needs steady budgets – and federal funding uncertainty causes real harms, even if the money is later restored
Since early 2025, several large federal health grants to states have been suspended and then restored after legal challenges. On…
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Australians scorn this fish once adored by monks and kings
In many parts of Europe, the common carp is a prized table fish. But the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is…
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In a heatwave, a cool library or shopping centre is a lifeline. Do we need more climate shelters?
Many of our homes and workplaces were built for a milder climate that no longer exists. As Australia braces for…
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Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads
Venezuela’s Orinoco River Basin is a wild land of lush forests, grasslands and a vast delta of jungle wetlands teeming…
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How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability
A Los Angeles courtroom is hosting what may become the most consequential legal challenge Big Tech has ever faced. This…
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I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains encode right‑ and left‑handedness
Being right- or left-handed is a familiar fact about yourself you likely don’t think about much on a day-to-day basis.…
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With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program
Throughout February 2026, people at the Kennedy Space Center got to witness an exciting sight: NASA’s behemoth Space Launch System…
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AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat‑ and pressure‑resistant materials for aerospace and defense applications
From hypersonic aircraft to nuclear-powered submarines, many of today’s most advanced defense systems rely on a special class of materials…
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NZ wants to double foreign student revenue by 2034 – but does it have capacity?
On the face of it, New Zealand’s push to expand international education looks like an easy win for economic growth.…
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GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people
A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after…
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Petrol prices too high? Here’s how quickly an EV could save you money
Petrol prices began rising even before the conflict in Iran drove oil prices higher. Australia imports around 80% of its…
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