October 2019 Yahoo360; The combined number of cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2018, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 2.4 million cases of the three sexually transmitted diseases were reported last year, an increase of more than …

October 2019 YahooNews; In Hawaii, instances of the sexually transmitted infections chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are the highest they’ve been in 30 years, according to the Honolulu Star Advertiser, a trend that’s in line with national and global STI rates. A June 6 report from the World Health Organization found STIs — bacterial, viral, …

October 2019 Reuters; Transforming diets around the world is key to unlocking better human health and limiting the impact of climate change in tandem, but time is running out. With a rapidly increasing global population, and extreme weather threatening food production around the world, the question is not whether a food revolution needs to …

October 2019 MSF; Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched a global campaign calling on pharmaceutical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to lower the price of its anti-tuberculosis medicine bedaquiline to no more than US$1 per day for people everywhere who need it, in order to allow scale-up of drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) treatment …

October 2019 Bojana Petkovic ;What is CBD all about and why are cannabis and hemp oil all over the internet? To help you understand this rapidly growing industry, we’re going to present you with some interesting CBD statistics and facts. CBD or cannabidiol is one of the most important active …

October 2019 CNBC; One Medical, a chain of primary care clinics that’s backed by Google’s parent company Alphabet and tries to bring a modern feel to the typical doctor’s office, has hired banks including J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley for its IPO, according to people familiar with the matter. The company, which was valued at …

October 2019 BusinessDaily; Nairobi Hospital’s shareholders have sought an extra-ordinary meeting (EGM) to discuss the ouster of the institution’s directors, escalating wrangles at the premier health facility. More than 230 members of the Kenya Hospital Association (KHA) — which owns the hospital — have drafted a petition seeking the removal …

October 2019 DW; Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Sunday in protest to a government bill which allows single women and lesbians to become pregnant with fertility treatments. If passed, the women would receive access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and related fertility procedures. The demonstration began outside …

Starehe Girls Centre has been closed following outbreak of unknown disease that left 52 students isolated. Nairobi Regional Director of Education Jared Obiero on Thursday said the school would re-open on Monday, October 7. The affected learners had a high pitch cough, sneezed and had a low-grade fever, according to …

October 2019 Daily nation;The government has urged the public to stop taking antacid Ranitidine, sold in Kenya as Zantac or Neotack, to relieve heartburn. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board withdrew the antacid from the market after it was linked to cancer in the US. Last week, the board issued a …