Topline Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is running for president in the 2024 Republican primary election, she announced Tuesday, becoming the first GOP candidate to formally challenge former Pr...
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Noncommunicable Diseases Still Underestimated, Only 59% View Diabetes As Very Harmful
The Gallup survey found that 72% of respondents supported restrictions on the advertising of … [+] high-sugar foods and drinks to children. (Photo by Li Hao/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty I...
Covid Pandemic ‘Finish Line’ In Sight
Topline The end of the Covid-19 pandemic is “in sight,” World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday, while emphasizing governments must take even more actions ...
California Health Officials Now Referring To Monkeypox As ‘Mpox’ And ‘MPX’ As Calls Mount To Rename Disease
Topline Health officials in California said Friday they will refer to monkeypox as “mpox” or “MPX,” a local TV station reported, amid criticism that the name is stigmatizing and discriminatory. Public...
LIV’s Astonishing Progress In Just Six Wild Months: A Timeline
Topline In a span of six months, LIV Golf went from a Saudi-financed pipe dream with no signed golfers to a legitimate PGA Tour rival with six Masters champions and a former president on board – here’...
UN Tackles Carnage On The World’s Roads
Traffic crashes claim about 1.3 million lives globally every year – more than two every minute, and … [+] as many as 50 million more are seriously impacted by injuries. And more than 90% of the ...
LIV Golf Signs Yet Another Masters Champ In Bubba Watson
Topline Bubba Watson is joining LIV Golf, the polarizing Saudi-backed tour announced Friday afternoon, confirming reports earlier in the week that the 2012 and 2014 Masters champion will become the la...
WHO Calls Monkeypox A Global Health Emergency
Topline The World Health Organization announced Saturday the spread of monkeypox constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, with “a clear risk of further international spread” as ...
Poor Covid Vaccination Rates—Including Older Adults And Healthcare Workers—Persist In Low-Income Countries, WHO Reports
Topline Only 28% of older adults and 37% of healthcare workers in low-income countries have received a primary course of Covid vaccines, and most have not received booster shots, the World Health Orga...
WHO Will Change Monkeypox Virus Name—Here’s Why Scientists Believe It’s Stigmatizing
Topline The World Health Organization on Tuesday announced it was working with experts to change the name of the monkeypox virus that has spread to more than 20 countries in recent weeks, after a grou...
Who’s In And What We Know About The Saudi-Funded League Launching Thursday
Topline Bryson DeChambeau is the latest big-name golfer to commit to LIV Golf – here’s what we know about the new golf league that’s set to tee off Thursday. Phil Mickelson tees off during a practice ...
Monkeypox Outbreak ‘Not Normal’ But ‘Containable’ As Confirmed Cases Grow, WHO Says
Topline The outbreak of monkeypox is unusual but “containable,” the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, confirming 131 cases in 19 countries where the virus does not usually spread as the Unite...
Pharma Billionaire Wu Yiling Loses $1 Billion In One Day As Questions Mount Over His Covid Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine Lianhua Qingwen produced by Beijing Yiling Pharmaceutical is seen on April 11, 2022 in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou province of China. Hu Yan/V...
Here’s What We Know About Omicron XE — The New Covid Variant Found In The U.K.
Topline A new Covid-19 variant that combines two different omicron strains has been identified in the United Kingdom, and it could be the fastest-spreading Covid variant yet, according to early data f...
WHO Chief Thanks Neil Young For Pushing Spotify To Cut Joe Rogan Over Covid Misinformation
Topline World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus expressed support for Neil Young after the singer-songwriter demanded Spotify remove his music from the platform if it con...
China’s Censors Target WHO Chief After Comments Criticizing Flagship Zero-Covid Policy
Topline China’s internet censors have targeted the head of the World Health Organization after he questioned the viability of the country’s zero-Covid policy on Tuesday, removing social media posts re...