Air pollution, obesity and vaccine hesitancy climb WHO list of global health threats
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Air pollution, obesity and vaccine hesitancy climb WHO list of global health threats

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/air-pollution-obesity-vaccine-hesitancy-climb-list-global-health/ By  Anne Gulland, global health security correspondent at The Telegraph News Air pollution, obesity and vaccine hesitancy are three of the global health threats the World Health Organization has pledged to make a priority in 2019. In a belated set of new year resolutions WHO has listed the 10 greatest health threats the world faces…

UK meets global HIV targets as diagnoses keep falling
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UK meets global HIV targets as diagnoses keep falling

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46376123 By BBC Health news HIV diagnoses are continuing to fall in the UK as it meets UN targets on diagnosis, treatment and transmission for the first time, according to a report from Public Health England. It said there was no doubt prevention efforts to end the HIV epidemic were working….

PrEP: NHS ‘must urgently offer’ HIV breakthrough nationwide as study shows infections cut 25% in a year
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PrEP: NHS ‘must urgently offer’ HIV breakthrough nationwide as study shows infections cut 25% in a year

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/prep-hiv-drug-nhs-aids-truvada-trial-infection-symptoms-nat-lancet-sydney-australia-a8589046.html By Alex Matthews-King Health Correspondent ‘Unacceptable’ that PrEP provision in England is capped when there are no limits in other UK nations, National Aids Trust chief says HIV/AIDs charities have called for the NHS to immediately commit to a national rollout of a breakthrough preventative treatment after results from an Australian trial showed it cut new transmissions by 25…

Infected NHS blood inquiry opens with tribute to victims
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Infected NHS blood inquiry opens with tribute to victims

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/24/infected-nhs-blood-inquiry-opens-with-tribute-to-victims?CMP=twt_gu&__twitter_impression=true By Owen Bowcott Investigation into scandal, thought to have killed more than 2,000 people, will start on Monday The inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal in the NHS, which is estimated to have killed more than 2,000 people since the 1970s, will open in London with a commemoration of its victims. The infected…

HIV Scotland in compulsory sexual health lessons call

HIV Scotland in compulsory sexual health lessons call

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41381125 By: BBC News A charity has called for compulsory sexual health lessons in schools over fears that youngsters are missing out on vital information to prevent HIV. HIV Scotland said an average of two young people between the ages of 15 and 24 north of the border were diagnosed with…