January 25, 2023 Malawi death toll caused by cholera outbreak passes 1,000 Malawi is facing its worst cholera outbreak in two decades. The disease has infected over 30,000 people in the African country and has killed another 1,000.
January 25, 2023 Bulgaria to cull 25,000 quails after detecting highly infectious bird flu strain After a farm in Bulgaria reported a high mortality among its birds, the country will now have to cull tens of thousands of quails to contain a bird flu outbreak.
January 25, 2023 Natural disasters rack up $313 billion in global economic loss in 2022 Natural disasters have caused a global economic loss of $313 billion in 2022. Florida's Hurricane Ian was the second most expensive disaster the insurance sector has ever faced.
January 24, 2023 FDA proposes lead limits in baby food The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed Tuesday strict limits on lead levels allowed in processed baby food, seeking potential decreases in exposure of up to 27%.
January 24, 2023 Putin says Russia is facing a shortage of medicine due to war with Ukraine President Vladimir Putin said Russia is facing a shortage of certain medicines amid its war with Ukraine, even though the country is producing more of its own drugs domestically.
January 24, 2023 Strong evidence of genocide in Brazil’s largest indigenous community Brazil is seeing strong evidence of genocide in the Yanomami territory, the country’s largest indigenous reservation, located in the heart of the Amazon rainforest.
January 23, 2023 WHO demands action following cough syrup deaths The World Health Organization is calling for "immediate and concerted action" against medicine contamination following an outbreak of child deaths in the previous year.
January 23, 2023 African swine fever detected in Greece from wild boar Greece has detected African swine fever for the first time since 2020. The outbreak of the disease, which is deadly among pigs, may disrupt pork production.
January 23, 2023 On Ukraine’s frontlines, volunteer Polish combat paramedics tend to wounded soldiers When not working at their day jobs, a group of volunteer Polish paramedics would travel to the frontlines of Ukraine to assist wounded soldiers.
January 23, 2023 European Union to aggregate cancer imaging data with artificial intelligence to speed up early diagnosis The European Union has launched a new project aimed at providing health researchers large amounts of cancer data. The initiative will use artificial intelligence to speed up innovation.