World Health Organization

Thyroid cancer incidence and mortality patterns among children and adolescents worldwide mirror data for adults, suggesting overdiagnosis and a need to “explicitly recommend” against screening for the disease in asymptomatic children.

Risk drinking levels increased significantly from 2001 and 2002 to 2012 and 2013, according to an analysis of nationally representative surveys published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

News detailing the first patient dosed in a clinical trial for AXT107 led retina coverage in the beginning of January.

Among several executive orders to be signed on his first day in office, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. pledged that the United States would split with the Trump administration and “re-engage” with WHO.

The International Council of Ophthalmology participated in the launch of a diabetic retinopathy screening guide developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe.

Patients with hepatitis C who had regular follow-up and those who had delayed follow-up after treatment with direct-acting antiviral agents achieved similar sustained virologic response, according to study results presented at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

The majority of countries with a high burden of hepatitis C-related deaths have made little progress toward achieving the WHO goal of an at least 10% reduction in hepatitis C-related mortality by 2020, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

Universal screening of all adults and improved treatment rates are needed to achieve WHO goals designed to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030, according to a study presented during the Liver Meeting Digital Experience.

Two epidemiological studies presented at The Digital Liver Meeting Experience revealed the work left in achieving elimination goals in hepatitis C virus.

The dapivirine vaginal ring has been prequalified by WHO, bringing the HIV preventive closer to public introduction and approval by individual countries.