In Nigeria, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) serves as the regulatory body responsible for enforcing maritime safety, labour standards, and seafarers’ welfare. Through ...

Across the globe, other reanimated corpses crop up in local folklore, often reflecting fears of improper burial, violent ...

Life expectancy around the world is at pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, new research shows. Still, disparities among different ...

A Lancet study by the Global Burden of Disease project reveals non-communicable diseases like heart disease, stroke, and ...

Global mortality rates have fallen by 67% since 1950, but youth deaths are increasing worldwide. Discover the key causes behind this paradox and what global health experts are saying about it.

The main causes of youth deaths were shown to be injury, violence, suicide, road traffic accidents and substance abuse.

Findings show that most pneumococcal serotypes now circulating in Bangladesh are not well covered by the existing PCV-10 vaccine, which has been successfully used in the national Expanded Programme on ...

Dengue has been a public health problem in the tropical world for decades and 2024 saw a global dengue surge, with more than ...

Not long ago, obesity was popularly considered a disease of affluence — the product of excess and overindulgence. Today, ...

Five undergrads started a biotech company. Their first project: an at-home technology that tests ticks for Lyme disease. It ...

Social, economic, cultural, and environmental policies, in conjunction with health system performance and equitable access to ...