Health news.

Pope Leo XIV’s lung cancer highlights growing number of nonsmokers diagnosed with the disease – and younger people too (opens the publisher's site)

Nicotine pouches, vaping or cigarettes: Which nicotine product is actually the least harmful? (opens the publisher's site)

That brightly packaged sexual enhancement pill at the gas station might be laced with dangerous drugs (opens the publisher's site)

Fears About Kids’ Online Safety Unite Democrats and Republicans (opens the publisher's site)

People Say These Peptides Hurt Them. Their Stories Are Muffled in MAHA’s Push for Medical Freedom. (opens the publisher's site)

The Sometimes-Awkward Art of Asking for a Second Opinion (opens the publisher's site)

General Assembly adopts pandemic declaration, but not by consensus (opens the publisher's site)

The General Assembly on Monday adopted a political declaration on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, by 153 in favour to three against (Argentina, Israel and United States) with two abstentions (New Zealand and Paraguay).

How Ecuador is fighting to keep industrial trans fats off the food shelf (opens the publisher's site)

As health advocates push for tighter controls, Ecuador confronts the gap between regulating trans fats and enforcing those rules.

When abortion and surrogacy law collide, contracts can’t answer the hardest questions (opens the publisher's site)

Sexual assault survivors’ stories may shift over time – a psychologist explains why it doesn’t mean they’re lying (opens the publisher's site)

Why your boss matters more than remote or hybrid work when it comes to burnout and job satisfaction (opens the publisher's site)

WHO releases first global guidelines on child obesity as cases surge (opens the publisher's site)

Child and adolescent obesity has quadrupled since 1990, rising from two per cent to around eight per cent of youngsters in the five-to-19 age group, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO).

Critical funding gap threatens health response in Yemen (opens the publisher's site)

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that significantly more resources are required to scale up its response in Yemen amid escalating conflict and rising needs.

Kenya races to trace all contacts after first Ebola death, WHO official says (opens the publisher's site)

Kenya’s first Ebola death has triggered a race to trace everyone the victim came into contact with, as the United Nations and partners provide full support, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) top official in the country has told UN News in her first interview on the case.

‘No plague case’ in Siberia, Russia tells WHO as assessments continue (opens the publisher's site)

Health authorities in Russia say there is “no plague case” in Siberia following reports last week that a lab technician had died of pneumonia of an unknown origin in the region, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Wednesday.

Flu season is near – here’s a guide to available vaccines (opens the publisher's site)

What is a professional patient advocate, and why might you need one? (opens the publisher's site)

Does your sleep tracker get it right? A Pittsburgh neuroscientist weighs in (opens the publisher's site)

‘Ebola takes the people children depend on’: UNICEF (opens the publisher's site)

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is robbing children of their loved ones – with some succumbing to the deadly disease themselves – the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday.

Testing and monitoring underway in suspected Russia plague death (opens the publisher's site)

The death of a lab worker in Russia’s Siberia region has sparked concerns over a possible plague case, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, adding that it was following the situation closely.