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Women who exercised for at least 150 minutes a week in middle age were found to have better physical health in later life. Getty Images

Women who are physically active in middle age may have better health in later life

HealthMay 02, 2024

Worryingly, the World Health Organisation this week said that progress in reducing the mosquito-borne disease has 'ground to a standstill'. AP

Malaria should be eradicated, not tolerated

EditorialApril 25, 2024

Effective childhood vaccination programmes prevent many of these diseases, but in older populations with waning immunity, many are exposed, experts say. Bloomberg

Adult immunisation is key to protecting ageing global population

HealthApril 24, 2024

A combination of false data, lack of appointments and poor education around the topic has meant that the MMR vaccine is falling out of favour. PA

How measles surge is being fuelled by vaccination gaps

HealthMarch 14, 2024

The US is now 36th globally for female obesity and 10th for men, as of 2022. Getty Images

'More than a billion people worldwide live with obesity'

HealthFebruary 29, 2024

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organisation, speaks in Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

WHO urges nations to sign up to pandemic agreement

UAEFebruary 12, 2024

A Covid-19 themed mural in Chennai, eastern India. The pandemic contributed to millions of deaths and disrupted global economies. EPA

Disease X: Is world ready for the next pandemic?

WorldJanuary 19, 2024

A health worker wears a protective suit as he disinfects an area outside a barricaded community that was locked down during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2022 in Beijing, China. Getty Images

World must be ready to fight 'disease X', Tedros tells Davos

HealthJanuary 17, 2024

President Sheikh Mohamed receives WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at Qasr Al Bahr. Photo: UAE Presidential Court

President Sheikh Mohamed receives WHO chief in Abu Dhabi

UAEJanuary 02, 2024

Palestinian children receive medical attention at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. AFP

Huge number of amputations being carried out in Gaza, WHO says

Palestine-IsraelDecember 21, 2023

A patient at a Covid field hospital in Bangalore, India. The country has reported its first case of the JN.1 strain. EPA

What is the JN.1 Covid variant and how much of a threat is it?

WorldDecember 20, 2023

Bloomberg

Better global health care is within reach

CommentDecember 13, 2023

A Saudi relief convoy at the Rafah crossing linking Egypt to Gaza. Photo: KSRelief

Saudi Arabia steps up air, sea and land aid bridge for Gaza

GulfNovember 27, 2023

The National

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CartoonOctober 10, 2023

Aid workers in Sudan check a shipment of vaccines in October 2021. African countries complained of unequal access after rich countries hoarded shots against Covid-19. AFP

Rifts over Covid vaccines could derail new pandemic treaty

WorldSeptember 18, 2023

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organisation's director general, met Dr Sultan Al Jaber, Cop28 President-designate. Dr Ghebreyesus / X

WHO chief discusses 'grave challenges' to health with Cop28 head

Cop28August 22, 2023

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