Health
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Smallpox: The Only Human Disease Ever Eradicated—And Why We Still Talk About It
Key Facts Smallpox killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century alone before its eradication in 1980 The…
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Sexually Transmitted Infections: The Silent Epidemic Affecting 1 Million People Daily
Key Facts More than 1 million sexually transmitted infections are acquired every single day worldwide, according to WHO data An…
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Sexual Health: WHO’s Framework for Well-Being Beyond Disease Prevention
Key Facts More than 1 million sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are acquired every day worldwide, according to WHO data An…
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: The 2003 Pandemic That Changed Global Health Security Forever
Key Facts SARS infected 8,096 people across 29 countries during the 2003 outbreak, with 774 deaths (9.6% case fatality rate)…
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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: WHO’s Framework for 2.6 Billion People in Their Reproductive Years
Key Facts Approximately 2.6 billion people worldwide are in their reproductive years (ages 15-49), according to WHO data An estimated…
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Sepsis: WHO Reports 11 Million Deaths Annually as New 2025 Data Reveals Alarming Surge to 21.4 Million Deaths
Key Facts In 2021, there were an estimated 166 million sepsis cases and 21.4 million all-cause sepsis-related deaths globally, representing…
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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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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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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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Public health needs steady budgets – and federal funding uncertainty cause 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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Telehealth is widely used by older adults insured by Medicare, new research shows
Americans age 65 and older who are insured by Medicare logged about 60 million telehealth visits annually between 2021 and…
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