Public health

Public health

I am particularly worried about the immunisation programme. If there is a disruption, the success we have achieved in immunisation will be jeopardised.

My mother tells me not to be afraid, that 'what [you] fear will come upon [you].' She is quoting from the book of Job, the Bible's most famous theodicy.

The Federation of Malaysian Business Associations stated that a blanket work-from-home policy could cost the Klang Valley hundreds of millions of ringgit a month, emphasizing that these losses are expected to be 1.9x to 2.9x higher than the projected savings of widespread work-from-home arrangements.

The fertility rate for 2025 was reported at 53.1 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44, marking a one percent drop compared to the previous year.

The impact on patients and health services is just one part of a growing health burden driven by sea-level rise, including water contamination, infectious disease, food insecurity, displacement and worsening mental health.

The State Department re-classified the country of Nepal under its second-lowest Level 2 travel warning on March 31, recommending Americans going there 'exercise increased caution.'

'Tree pollen season is in full swing. As a result, levels are on the rise,' the Met Office wrote on X.

"It's not exactly a dream vacation to come and be harassed by mosquitoes," says Hervé Bossin, director of the medical entomology laboratory at Tahiti's Institut Louis Malardé.

We are already seeing in our pediatrics an increasing number of admissions. We are reaching 120% bed occupancy. Our main priority is to have this therapeutic food arriving in Yemen on time.

Nearly 90 percent of suicide attempts among high school students are attributable to ACEs, as are 80 percent of adult suicides, translating to 109 suicides per day.

Air pollution is the second-largest risk factor for early death globally. Traditionally, our response has focused on reducing the levels of pollution people breathe, but this is only part of the story.

"What surprised me is we are still seeing so many visits to emergency departments associated with very common household cleaning products," Lara McKenzie, Ph.D., stated, emphasizing the ongoing issue despite safety advancements.

In 2019, scientists found that balloons eaten by seabirds are more likely to kill them than other kinds of plastic yet they do not seem to have been earmarked in the same way as, for example, plastic straws.

In late 2025, the United States shocked the world by suspending global health aid, leading experts to predict 700,000 additional deaths annually, primarily among children. This prompted the US to propose unusual bilateral health agreements with developing countries, which have drawn criticism for being exploitative.

The American Heart Association recommendations emphasize eating more plant-based protein instead of meat and drinking less alcohol, contradicting the recent food pyramid updates that suggest increased red meat and whole milk consumption.

"I didn't even know I had high blood pressure," one Redditor wrote in a thread. Compared to a healthy blood pressure reading that maxes out at 120/80 mm Hg, this poster came in at 218/124, which is well above the threshold for a medical emergency.

"So, hedge your bets," wrote Gardner in an email to KQED. "Eat foods, not protein supplements. What have you got to lose - and what do you have to gain?"

At least nine people have been sickened in three states, an increase of two cases since the outbreak was announced earlier this month. Three of the nine cases required hospitalization, and one person developed a life-threatening complication called Hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, which causes a type of kidney failure.

I am done with the CDC and ACIP, Malone told Roll Call on Tuesday, adding: Suffice to say I do not like drama, and have better things to do.