The Second WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health co-hosted by the World Health Organization and Colombia, in the city of Cartagena, brought together over 700 participants from 100 countries – including heads of state, ministers, scientists, and civil society groups — to accelerate action to curb what’s increasingly described as a full-scale health … Read more
Tim Winard knew he needed to buy health insurance when he left his management job in manufacturing to launch his own business. It was the first time he had shopped around for coverage, searching for a plan that would cover him and his wife, who was also between jobs at the time. “We were so … Read more
Pope Francis, speaking in a frail and breathless voice, thanked the faithful for their prayers in an audio message broadcast Thursday. It was his first public communication since being hospitalised three weeks ago with double pneumonia. The 88-year-old pope’s weakened condition has sidelined him for the longest stretch of his papacy and raised fresh concerns … Read more
In a stark assessment of the current situation of the health crisis, Deputy UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif warned that more than nine million people do not receive treatment, while 4,000 girls and young women contract the virus every week. A staggering three-quarters of them live in sub-Saharan Africa, she noted, reminding Member … Read more
Sandy West Jagdish Whitten was on a run in July 2023 when a car hit him as he crossed a busy San Francisco street. Whitten, then 25, described doing “a little flip” over the vehicle and landing in the street before getting himself to the curb. Concerned onlookers called an ambulance. But Whitten instead had … Read more