News list for " public health"
The World Health Organisation on Wednesday declared the spread of the monkeypox epidemic in several African countries to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the second such declaration in the past two years to tackle the spread of the virus. "It is clear that a coordinated international response is critical to stopping this epidemic and saving lives," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general. A similar statement was issued on Tuesday by the African Centre for Dise...
Amanda Pritchard, chief executive of the UK's National Health Service (NHS), has called on UK lawmakers to take action to prevent young people from becoming addicted to cryptocurrency trading. Pritchard said the NHS opened its fifteenth specialist clinic for gambling addiction earlier this year in response to a "growing real-world need" for more and more opportunities for young people to become addicted to gambling, including the unregulated cryptocurrency market. This addictive habit allows peo...
