From Margin to Mainstream: Why Liver Health Should Sit at the Centre of the Global NCD Response
The 79th World Health Assembly adopted the first-ever resolution on steatotic liver disease (SLD) last week. For those people working outside hepatolo…
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The rare Ebola outbreak is one danger. Attacks on healthcare workers are another
Health workers responding to a rapidly spreading outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo face two threats
WHO Executive Board Adopts Process for Election of Next Director General, With Powerful Role for Poor African States
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board (EB) decided on Monday that the first forum for candidates aspiring to become the next Director …
STAT+: Eli Lilly says Verve’s gene editor lowers cholesterol levels in early study
Eli Lilly said Monday that a high dose of its gene-editing therapy reduced cholesterol levels by 62% in participants in a clinical trial. Eli Lilly sa…
The Price of Climate Change is Being ‘Paid by Our Lungs’
The impact of climate on respiratory health was the subject of a meeting alongside the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva. This comes as the UN Gen…
The Overlooked Decisions of the 79th World Health Assembly
GENEVA — Hundreds of hours of formal negotiations and corridor-side bargaining in the halls of the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nations and World He…