Global Health
AAAAI/World Allergy Organization meeting to spotlight impact of climate change on allergy
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology/World Allergy Organization Joint Congress will be held Feb. 28 to March 3 in San Diego with a focus on the relationship between climate change and allergic diseases.
Top in cardiology: Wear Red Day for heart disease; secondary CVD prevention meds underused
Wear Red Day, the first Friday of February, draws attention to the prevalence and dangerousness of heart disease in women as part of American Heart Month.
WHO: Niger first African country to eliminate river blindness
Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis — also known as river blindness — and the fifth worldwide, according to WHO.
Top in ID: Trump's health nominees; RFK Jr. HHS confirmation hearing
Healio spoke with experts about how the new administration could affect a range of important health issues, including vaccines, nutrition, chronic conditions, insurance and reproductive health care.
Top in cardiology: Heart disease remains leading cause of death; low-value aspirin use
The American Heart Association has issued its heart disease and stroke statistical update for 2025, which provides an overview of statistics related to CVD, stroke and CV risk factors.
Medications for secondary CVD prevention underused worldwide
Regardless of country-level income classification, medications for the secondary prevention of CVD remains underutilized and patients likely remain undertreated, researcher reported.
Global lung cancer mortality related to tobacco drops, particulate matter rises in 2019
From 1990 to 2019, global lung cancer mortality rates related to tobacco have gone down, whereas rates related to ambient particulate matter have gone up, according to results published in eClinicalMedicine.
‘People are going to die’: US foreign aid pause hits life-saving HIV, malaria programs
A 90-day review of U.S. foreign aid spending ordered by President Donald J. Trump has halted global health programs, including the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and the President’s Malaria Initiative.
CVD will be ‘even bigger threat to global health and the world economy’ if unchecked
The American Heart Association has issued the 2025 update to its annual heart disease and stroke statistics report, detailing recent trends in CV-related morbidity and mortality.
Trump signs order withdrawing US from WHO, ‘endangering health everywhere’
President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from WHO, complaining that the agency has unfairly demanded too much in funding.