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The overdose-reversing drug naloxone saves lives - but only if it's readily available when an overdose occurs.

Aides to the senate majority leader privately warned that most Republicans would be unlikely to support an emerging compromise on liability protections and state and local funding.

With hunger spreading worldwide and tobacco responsible for eight million deaths each year, countries should stop subsidizing tobacco crops and help farmers grow food, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

As the world celebrates World Radio Day, marked on 13 February, we dug into the UN archives for a vintage podcast classic from 1959, when famed Frankenstein actor Boris Karloff narrated an episode describing a visit to a leprosy clinic in Tiranka

Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson were two of the 20th century’s biggest stars of the stage and screen, and when it came to the World Health Organization’s campaign to tackle two of the biggest killers of the post-war era, they answered the call.

Can a magic suitcase save lives?

Mobile ultraviolet (UV) disinfection uses UV-C light to render microorganisms nonviable and reduce environmental transmission of pathogens in hospital settings. Optimal strategies for deployment must consider the cost, physical layout, and staffing

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 80, Issue 5, Page 2038-2050, May 2024.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

Health care systems use auditing processes to monitor compliance with evidence-based practices. The auditing process for a bundle targeting central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) prevention at a large children’s hospital was