Tag: population
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Lack of funds threatens malaria progress: WHO
For example, 43 percent of the population in sub-Saharan Africa was not protected by treated nets or indoor spraying. “The unprecedented progress in malaria is one of the biggest successes in healthcare history,” Pedro Alonso, director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme, told reporters in London. The report said that “sustained and sufficient funding for…
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Drinking, drug use largely down among U.S. teens in 2016
“Clearly our public health prevention efforts, as well as policy changes to reduce availability, are working to reduce teen drug use, especially among eighth graders,” Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said in a statement accompanying the study results. “However, when 6 percent of high school seniors are using marijuana…
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Microsoft co-founder Gates, Trump discuss innovation
Microsoft Corp co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates said he and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had a good conversation about “the power of innovation” on a variety of issues, including health and education. “We had a good conversation about innovation, how it can help in health, education, impact of foreign aide and energy,” Gates, who runs…
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‘Unprecedented’ numbers face severe hunger in South Sudan: U.N.
Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages – the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time – and the crisis is likely to worsen when food from the current harvest runs out next year, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. The country’s hunger levels have doubled since last year, the U.N.…
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‘Unprecedented’ numbers face severe hunger in South Sudan: U.N.
Some 3.6 million people in South Sudan face severe food shortages – the highest levels ever experienced at harvest time – and the crisis is likely to worsen when food from the current harvest runs out next year, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. The country’s hunger levels have doubled since last year, the U.N.…
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Trump moves to quickly fill his top Cabinet ranks
By Emily Stephenson NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he expected to have most members of his Cabinet announced next week, interviewing more candidates at Trump Tower for top jobs in his administration as he prepares to take office on Jan. 20. Trump is still weighing who to choose as secretary of…
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Trump moves to quickly fill his top Cabinet ranks
By Emily Stephenson NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said he expected to have most members of his Cabinet announced next week, interviewing more candidates at Trump Tower for top jobs in his administration as he prepares to take office on Jan. 20. Trump is still weighing who to choose as secretary of…
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New data on risk vs benefit for potent CAR-T cancer drugs
A promising but risky new group of customized cancer drugs will be in focus this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), where clinical trial results will help clarify their potential for doctors and investors. Experimental chimeric antigen receptor T-cells, or CAR-Ts, are made by genetically altering a patients’ own…
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U.S. pushes to close lead testing gaps, echoing Reuters report
By Joshua Schneyer and M.B. Pell NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. states must do more to ensure that all children enrolled in the Medicaid health care program are tested for lead poisoning, a U.S. Government agency said this week, acknowledging major gaps in screening that were highlighted in a recent Reuters investigation. In a bulletin…
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Merkel’s Bavarian allies welcome her decision to run for fourth term
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – The head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative allies in Bavaria welcomed her decision on Sunday to run for a fourth term in next year’s election. “We now want the trust of the population for another four years and therefore it is good that we have clarity,” said Horst Seehofer on…