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Over 400 million people globally need hearing aids, a study by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals, but only 20 per cent get them due to lack of financial and human resources, as well as stigma. 

Governments agreed on a way forward to update disease outbreak regulations ahead of meetings to draft new global guidelines for tackling pandemics, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.

Features of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, including the extent to which it will spread, and the sheer number of mutations, suggest that it could have a major impact on the course of the pandemic, but it’s still too early to say for sure.

Journal of Research in Nursing, Volume 27, Issue 1-2, Page 143-154, March 2022. BackgroundThere is a global call for more inclusive clinical research that is representative of all populations, particularly those historically under-represented or

The head of the UN World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has welcomed the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games as a chance to spread “hope to the world”.

A CDC study published today provides further evidence that Tdap vaccination during pregnancy helps protect newborns from whooping cough during their first two months of life, when they are most vulnerable to the disease.

Central line associated blood stream infections (CLABSIs) and catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are conditions acquired in the acute care facility that are preventable. Invasive devices are frequently left in place without a clear

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 80, Issue 4, Page 1245-1247, April 2024.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 79, Issue 10, Page 3646-3647, October 2023.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 79, Issue 9, Page 3622-3631, September 2023.