GENEVA - E-cigarettes, which pose serious health risks, are being “aggressively marketed” to young people and in large parts of the world there are...
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GENEVA - The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday released its first-ever guidelines on managing chronic low back pain - the leading cause...
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NEW YORK - A sharp rise in child poverty was registered across 40 of the world’s richest countries between 2014 and 2021, according to a new report...
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PARIS - Health systems in the OECD are under renewed financial pressure, owing to competing priorities for public funding. This report estimates...
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