Global Health

Men and individuals living in high human development index areas had heightened global lifetime risks for lung cancer in 2022 vs. women and those living in low Human Development Index areas, according to study results.

LOS ANGELES — Patients in Asia, Oceania, Latin America and Africa faced more barriers to genetic testing for epilepsy than those of other regions, which may complicate test interpretations in diverse populations, according to a presenter.

Measles cases increased globally by 20% in 2023, and roughly 22 million children missed their first measles vaccine dose, according to the CDC and WHO’s annual global measles report.

WHO this week announced that cholera cases increased by 13% and cholera deaths increased by 71% globally in 2023.

According to results of a six-nation global survey, individuals with migraine experienced a high level of symptom burden and severity, negatively affecting their quality of life including mood.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, MSc, said Wednesday that he will convene an emergency committee to determine if the increasing spread of mpox in Africa represents a public health emergency of international concern.

Researchers found that lenacapavir, an investigational long-acting antiretroviral drug, prevented 100% of new HIV infections among cisgender women in Africa who received injections every 26 weeks.

Three-quarters of people globally living with HIV are on ART, a roughly 30% increase during the last nine years, and fewer people acquired HIV in 2023 than at any point since the late 1980s, UNAIDS reported.

Despite global progress toward eliminating HIV — including a growing number of nations that have hit goals to diagnose and successfully treat patients — funding pullbacks threaten to add decades to the battle, according to a study.

Researchers developed a low-cost rapid test to detect an invasive species of mosquito that has adapted to live near humans in urban environments, which they hope can be used in areas far from medical labs.