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WHO Steps in as Suicide Rates Skyrocket Worldwide
The World Health Organization (WHO)-, estimates that about 800,000 people die by suicide each year. For every death, it’s likely that about 20 people make unsuccessful attempts. Especially here in the U.S., the spike in suicide rates — in some areas, almost a -60% increase- since 1999 — has officials concerned. In response, the WHO has now released a statement asking people to take “-40 seconds of...
December 19, 2019
WHO Releases List of Top 10 Threats to Global Health
Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) compiles a list of the world’s most significant health threats in the hopes of finding ways to solve them. This year’s greatest threats to global health are: - 1. Air pollution - 2. Lifestyle-related deaths - 3. Influenza - 4. Poor living conditions - 5. Antimicrobial resistance - 6. High-threat pathogens - 7. Poor primary healthcare - 8. Vaccine hesitancy...
March 4, 2019
The Controversial HPV Vaccine: Is it Saving People or Killing Them?
Both sides are passionate about the issue, which has become as polarized as any political hot topic. One side says that the HPV vaccination (specifically the Gardisil vaccine) is safe, and that it’s vital to ending cervical and other cancers associated with the human papilloma virus (HPV). The other side says it’s harming, and even killing, healthy teenage kids and has no place in preventative medicine....
March 2, 2019
Cancer "Disaster" on the Way
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that - cancer rates could rise by 57% - over the next 20 years, if more effort isn’t put into cancer prevention. Released by the WHO, the -World Cancer Report- is published once every 5 years by a special committee composed of nearly 250 scientists from over 40 countries. The most recent report predicted new cancer diagnoses will skyrocket due to growing elderly...
May 21, 2018