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Health and environment. 2023 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh. Nearly 1,000 people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh in recent weeks, in the country's most severe outbreak of the disease so far. A bluetongue disease outbreak in the Netherlands has spread to 319 sheep and cattle farming companies. Law and crime. 2023 Rotterdam shootings
Health and environment 2020–2023 H5N1 outbreak Brazil reports the deaths of 522 seals along the coast of Rio Grande do Sul , attributing the cause to avian flu .
Health and environment. 2023 Chinese pneumonia outbreak. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that Chinese authorities have not detected any unusual or new pathogens in the recent increase of respiratory diseases among children in northern China. The WHO continues to monitor the situation. (AFP via NDTV) Mpox in the Democratic Republic ...
Taking precautions to protect yourself from a quartet of infectious diseases can lessen your odds of starting off 2025 sick. Public health experts are warning of a ‘quad-demic’ this winter.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Gaza–Israel conflict. Israel–Hamas war. Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. The World Health Organization says that medicine and health supplies have not been delivered to three hospitals in northern Gaza and that nearly two-thirds of hospitals in Gaza are now inoperable.
2022–2023 United Kingdom industrial disputes and strikes. Junior doctors in England begin their longest strike action yet, spanning nine days, to address pay-related disputes with the National Health Service. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) 2018–present Argentine monetary crisis
Researchers found that people worldwide live 9.6 years longer than they are healthy — and in the U.S. the gap is more than 12 years.
Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, define adult obesity as a BMI of 30 or greater and overweight as a ...