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Urgent action needed to tackle stalled progress on health-related Sustainable Development Goals
Breakthrough reveals how superbug infects and resists antibiotics
Taking stand for good health on World No Tobacco Day
WHO Director-General announces Global Health Leaders Awards
Statement on the antigen composition of COVID-19 vaccines
Registration Open: Please apply to join the second UN High-Level Meeting on TB
WHO announces the development of the Consolidated Guidelines on STI prevention and care (2022-2023)
The WHO says we shouldn’t bother with artificial sweeteners for weight loss or health. Is sugar better?
High-level resource mobilization conference to eliminate viral hepatitis
Scientists in Tahiti prepare to release sterilized mosquitoes to control dengue
DRC: more than 200 children feared dead in flash floods, 90 left unaccompanied 
How superbug A. baumannii survives metal stress and antibiotic resistance
Feeling frozen? 4 out of 5 homes in southern Australia are colder than is healthy
New resources released to help more preterm and low birthweight babies benefit from kangaroo mother care
WHO congratulates Benin and Mali for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem
WHO calls for safe and ethical AI for health
Government plans to use NDIS bulk-buying power to help save billions – but they shouldn’t put products before people
Breaking the mould: why rental properties are more likely to be mouldy and what’s needed to stop people getting sick
New WHO report highlights progress, but also remaining gaps, in ensuring a robust pipeline of antibiotic treatments to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
Transport systems need to be made safe, healthy and sustainable
TDR and WHO announce TDA4Child, an operational research package to generate data on treatment decision algorithms for pulmonary tuberculosis in children
WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline
Statement of the thirty-fifth Polio IHR Emergency Committee
WHO calls for accelerated action to reduce anaemia
First-ever WHO research agenda on hand hygiene in health care to improve quality and safety of care
Resistant fungal species spreads
Wimmera Pride Project IDAHoBIT Day
Hep C can be cured but many people are still not being treated
Modernising food import and export systems through international standards
Fifth Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee on the Multi-Country Outbreak of monkeypox (mpox)
We worked out how many tobacco lobbyists end up in government, and vice versa. It’s a lot
New study reinforces timely need for Pneumococcal Vaccine Switch
Lifesaving solution dramatically reduces severe bleeding after childbirth
Global progress in tackling maternal and newborn deaths stalls since 2015: UN
Early treatment of gestational diabetes for those at higher risk beneficial, study finds
IATA Statement On The End Of Covid As An International Public Health Emergency
UAE and WHO deliver air lift of critical medical supplies to Sudan
Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) Emergency Committee regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Sydney spinout lands $273m deal to develop drugs for psychiatric disorders
WHO and tobacco control partners urge countries not to partner or work with the tobacco industry
Collaborating locally is key for progress globally towards health-related SDGs
Quadripartite welcomes OHHLEP’s new white paper on zoonotic spillover prevention
Removal of prescribing restrictions on ivermectin
African Parliamentarians rally to boost life-saving laws, regulations on road safety
Statement on the risks associated with use of valproic acid (sodium valproate) in women and girls of childbearing potential
New survey results show health systems starting to recover from pandemic
Review considers when is best to administer antenatal corticosteroids
$7.9 million to improve healthcare with more collaborative research