Want to pre-drink before going out? It probably won’t save you money, and can be risky to boot
You’re catching up with a few friends before you go out. Everyone’s having a drink, listening to some tunes, and...
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Child nutrition programmes can feed inequality: model from South Africa shows how context shapes lives
Interventions to improve nutrition, especially for children and pregnant women, can be critical for health, physical growth and cognitive development,...
TB is once again the deadliest disease in Africa – what went wrong
Effective tuberculosis (TB) treatment has been available for the past 60 years. But TB remains the leading cause of death...
Mpox, AIDS and COVID-19 show the challenges of targeting public health messaging to specific groups without causing stigma
During infectious disease outbreaks, clinicians and public health officials are tasked with providing accurate guidance for the public on how...
Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious diseases and should get a Global Fund
Noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular conditions account for 41 million deaths each year. That’s more than 70%...
Breast cancer patients in South Africa may find it hard to stick to treatment: here’s what they told us
Worldwide, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer. It’s also the leading cause of cancer-related death among women. The...
Alcohol deaths in the UK rose to record level in 2021
Deaths from alcohol in the UK have risen to their highest level since records began in 2001, according to the...
Breast cancer patients in South Africa are battling to maintain treatment because of high transport costs
South Africa has a two-tiered health system. Public health services – which are largely provided free of charge – are...
How can we slow down youth gun violence? — Podcast
It was 15 years ago: police officers flooded C. W. Jefferys Collegiate in northwest Toronto. Outside, hundreds of anxious parents...
Pharma’s expensive gaming of the drug patent system is successfully countered by the Medicines Patent Pool, which increases global access and rewards innovation
Biomedical innovation reached a new era during the COVID-19 pandemic as drug development went into overdrive. But the ways that...
