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Health care

FDA discusses banning formaldehyde in hair straightening products

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to ban the use of formaldehyde as an ingredient in chemical hair straighteners, also known as relaxers.

14 May 2024, 21:47

TIME has published a list of the 100 most influential people in healthcare

TIME has released its first TIME100 Health list, which includes the 100 most influential people in health care.

08 May 2024, 14:15

50 Years of Saving Lives through Vaccination: WHO EPI Program Saves 154 Million Lives

The researchers estimated that vaccination programs against 14 pathogens prevented about 154 million deaths from June 1974 to May 2024; this included 146 million prevented deaths among children under five.

07 May 2024, 12:00

How dangerous are expired medications?

Information about the expiration date of medicines always means one thing: if the drug is expired, it should be thrown away. But American experts have noted that many expired medications continue to act even after the expiration date.

31 August 2017, 09:00

A patient can contract the disease through an untreated stethoscope

Most patients have the opportunity to see how the doctor cleans his hands before the examination. But was the stethoscope cleaned after the previous patient?

01 August 2017, 09:00

Do adults need to be immunized to avoid an epidemic?

When it comes to fighting the epidemic, everyone talks about the need for childhood vaccination. But what about adults? Should they be vaccinated, when and against what?

19 July 2017, 09:00

China records second wave of bird flu this season

A large-scale bird flu epidemic continues in China, which has already claimed the lives of almost a hundred people this year.

20 February 2017, 11:00

WHO proposes use of HIV self-detection tests

In honor of World AIDS Day, WHO has issued new guidelines for HIV self-testing.

16 December 2016, 09:00

Prevention of postoperative infections

WHO has developed a new set of recommendations that will help save lives after surgery, reduce hospital costs and slow the alarming rate of spread of antibacterial resistance worldwide.

23 November 2016, 09:00

Tuberculosis remains a major risk

WHO is concerned that efforts to end the tuberculosis epidemic are not as effective as they should be. New data suggests governments need to improve prevention, detection and treatment.

04 November 2016, 09:00

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