#social-determinants

#social-determinants

Malaysia detected 503 new tuberculosis cases in a single epidemiological week, the country's Health Ministry confirmed, bringing the cumulative total for 2026 to 2,571 cases across all states and federal territories. The figures, released for Epidemiological Week 5, underscore the persistent and widening grip of an infectious disease that health officials say has never truly left the country - and is now demanding urgent, coordinated attention.

For more than 70 years, physicians seeking to diagnose mental-health conditions have turned to the 'bible for psychiatry' - The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (). Last updated in 2022, and published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the DSM sets out diagnostic criteria for a panoply of mental-health conditions, from autism spectrum disorder to substance-use and personality disorders.

Dr. Anna Gilmore emphasizes that the influence of corporations on health is significant, with four products alone causing up to two-thirds of global deaths.

Kennedy's myopic emphasis on personal responsibility as the main driver of health means he's at best indifferent, and at worst welcoming, of the idea that those that don't heed his counsel might die.