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H5N1 Cases Make WHO Spreadsheet Least Celebratory Chart
H5N1 cases remain under monthly WHO surveillance, creating the rare spreadsheet where every responsible person wants fewer new rows.
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Health & Lifestyle
Africa Health Partnership Renewed Before Next Crisis Checks Cupboard
An Africa health partnership has been renewed to strengthen systems and emergency readiness before the next crisis sends its own invitation.
World
Digital Health Strategy Given Two More Years To Find Password
The digital health strategy will run until 2027, allowing global healthcare another two years to remember which portal contains the patient.
Health & Lifestyle
Emergency Care Gets $12.5m And An Appropriately Urgent Name
Emergency care will receive $12.5 million for training across 400 hospitals, giving urgency both funding and a refreshingly literal programme.
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Papua New Guinea Evicts Trachoma After Thorough Inspection
Papua New Guinea has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem after surveillance proved the disease had lost its dreadful foothold.
Health & Lifestyle
World Health Assembly Prescribes Nine Days Of Geneva
The World Health Assembly will meet for nine days in Geneva, because the planet's medical problems have declined to fit a conference timetable.
Health & Lifestyle
International Nurses Day Thanks Staff Already Doing Everyone’s Work
International Nurses Day celebrates highly skilled staff who lead care, solve problems and know which cupboard contains the thing everyone needs.
Health & Lifestyle
Spring Covid Vaccination Reminds Sunshine It Is Not A Doctor
The spring Covid vaccination campaign has warned eligible people that warm weather cannot provide immunity, despite the sun’s confident bedside manner.
Health & Lifestyle
Hand Hygiene Remains Necessary Despite Gloves Looking Extremely Medical
Hand hygiene still matters when wearing gloves, disappointing anyone who believed blue rubber granted permanent immunity from common sense.
Health & Lifestyle
Five Minute Jab Leaves Waiting Room Magazine Unfinished
A five minute jab for 15 cancers will spare eligible patients lengthy infusions and devastate magazines expecting another hour of attention.
Health & Lifestyle
Men’s Health Strategy Asks Men To Describe Symptoms Using Words
The men's health strategy wants honest evidence from men, including answers more medically useful than fine and probably nothing.
Science & Technology
Portable Oxygen Unit Weighs 5kg And Refuses To Explode Politely
Portable oxygen now comes in a five-kilogram unit that reuses breath and leaves traditional cylinders feeling needlessly dramatic.