Israelis Advance on Gaza City, as Netanyahu Rejects Cease-Fire
Israel’s leaders vowed to destroy Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, after the deadly Oct. 7 attack, and Israeli ground forces are closing in on the city from three directions.
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In Global Conflict Zones, Hospitals and Doctors Are No Longer Spared
Over the last two decades, medical facilities and staff have become casualties of war more frequently, in violation of international law.
Australia breaches WHO treaty with carbon neutral certification of big tobacco company
Endorsement of British American Tobacco by Climate Active was revoked after complaint was made, FoI documents showGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe government has been forced to revoke carbon neutral certifica…
Gaza’s Hospitals Face ‘Impossible’ Choices With Israel Evacuation Order
As a widely anticipated ground invasion looms, hospitals in Gaza City said they had no way to evacuate thousands of sick and injured patients.
Philip Morris lobbying to stop WHO ‘attack’ on vapes and similar products
Exclusive: Leaked email shows firm behind Marlboro cigarettes critical of global ‘prohibitionist’ agendaPhilip Morris International (PMI), the tobacco and vaping company behind Marlboro cigarettes, is waging a big lobbying campaign to prevent countries…
The new malaria vaccine will prevent many deaths – but it’s by no means the end of the disease
The new R21/Matrix-M vaccine will be far more easily available than the first vaccine – but the reality of life in Africa will blunt its impactA new vaccine against malaria – which kills 600,000 people every year, mostly children – is to be injected in…
WHO approves 2nd malaria vaccine. Why experts say its not enough
In 2021, WHO endorsed the first malaria vaccine in what it described as a ‘historic’ effort to end the devastating toll the mosquito-transmitted disease has on Africa.
Mosquitoes Are a Growing Public Health Threat, Reversing Years of Progress
Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them.
Dengue Fever Outbreak in Bangladesh Strains Scarce Resources
More than 900 people have died this year from the mosquito-borne virus, whose spread has brought rural residents to already overwhelmed hospitals in the capital, Dhaka.
Eliminate malaria once and for all or it will come back stronger, UN warned
World faces ‘malaria emergency’ from resistance to insecticides, waning efficacy of drugs, funding shortfalls and climate changeAfrican leaders have warned that the world is facing the “biggest malaria emergency” of the past two decades.Heads of state …