The WHO has developed new recommendations for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, a measure prompted by the growing threat of antibacterial resistance.
A team of researchers at Oxford University has found that in more than 10 European countries, the leading cause of death is cancer, rather than cardiovascular disease as was previously the case.
Scientists suggest that viral hepatitis may become a new threat to the lives of all humanity. A new study conducted by specialists from Imperial College London and the University of Washington found that more people die from viral hepatitis each year than from AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
A large number of tuberculosis patients pose an epidemiological threat to others, so the United States decided to provide a new effective drug for the treatment of drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis as charitable aid.
WHO has developed a set of recommendations for health workers that will help improve the quality of medical care for millions of women, girls and girls who have undergone major non-medical operations on the genitals.
The US presidential administration, together with the Institute of Health, announced the launch of new programs aimed at precision medicine. One of the programs will involve 1 million volunteers (they plan to collect the required number of participants in 3 years).
The 68th session of the World Health Assembly was recently held, where it was proposed to develop a programme for the protection of adolescent health in collaboration with young people, key partners, and WHO member countries.
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded in Sweden. For the first time in the history of Chinese science, the prize was awarded to a Chinese pharmacologist for the creation of a drug to treat malaria, which saved millions of lives.
