by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 10, 2023 | Features, Health, Non-Life
Low back pain is the leading cause of disability globally. In 2020, approximately 1 in 13 people, equating to 619 million people, experienced LBP, a 60% increase from 1990. Cases of LBP are expected to rise to an estimated 843 million by 2050, with the greatest growth...
by AIP Online Bureau | Dec 2, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
“The climate crisis is a health crisis, but for too long, health has been a footnote in climate discussions,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization Dubai: Over 120 countries backed the COP28 UAE Declaration on Climate...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 24, 2023 | Health, International News
Outside scientists said the situation warranted close monitoring, but were not convinced that the recent spike in respiratory illnesses in China signalled the start of a new global outbreak Geneva: Chinese officials say they did not detect any ”unusual or novel...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 11, 2023 | Data, Health, Risk Management
”Unprotected exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation at work is a major cause of occupational skin cancer,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. Working under the sun causes nearly one in three deaths from non-melanoma skin cancer,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Nov 11, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Non-Life, Pandemic
The experts say the new recommendations reflect changes in the virulence and transmissibility of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants and sub-variants, along with changes in immunity related to global vaccinations. The World Health Organization has updated its guidance on...
