Disposal of medical waste is not the most glamorous issue in global health, yet the risk it poses to health workers, community members, and the environment is significant in resource-poor locations ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

Global health challenges call for solutions that are national, regional, or continent-wide in scope. This makes partnership with national and subnational governments essential, as government ...

Global health faces unprecedented strain and challenges to its legitimacy. The health-related Sustainable Development Goals and progress towards universal health coverage are off track, and ...

LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization plans to officially back the use of weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults for the first time, a memo reviewed by Reuters on Thursday ...

On Feb. 19, 23 teams of Cornell undergraduate and graduate students competed in the University's Eighth annual Global Health Case Competition, hosted by the University’s Global Health Program and ...

Since 2010, the UAB Sparkman Center for Global Health has hosted the case competition annually as a means of engaging students in the complex questions that global health work presents. It is an ...

At the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies' 15th annual Undergraduate Design Competition, the future of global health innovation was on full display. Rice University welcomed 22 student ...

Students show off their prototypes at the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies’ 15th annual Undergraduate Design Competition (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University). At the Rice360 ...

Vaping among teenagers is a growing global health problem. In the UK, schools are reporting a surge in young people struggling with dependence, including cases of students needing medical attention ...