US approves Emergent’s smallpox vaccine for people at high risk of mpox

Road safety gets a boost with new UN fix for ‘pedal error’

Road safety gets a boost with new UN fix for ‘pedal error’

Together with vehicle manufacturers and governments, the UN Working Party dealing with advanced driving technology issues has adopted a new regulation that prevents unwanted, sudden acceleration by making use of tech that can detect objects both in front of and behind vehicles. Tokyo driver Data from Asia and Europe suggest that older drivers tend to make … Read more

WHO highlights mental health crisis facing Israel’s frontline workers a year after 7 October attack

WHO highlights mental health crisis facing Israel’s frontline workers a year after 7 October attack

Responders including ambulance drivers, health workers and forensic teams who identified many of the dead, all witnessed “carnage and horror” which resulted in lasting trauma. An organization named Mashiv Ha’Ruach, which means “Bringing back the spirit”, provided mental health and psychosocial support through workshop retreats supported by WHO/Europe. These sessions allowed workers to discuss their … Read more

Are there any tricks to prevent vomiting?

Are there any tricks to prevent vomiting?

It’s a terrible moment of realization when you feel nausea start to build. Saliva floods your mouth, sweat beads on your brow and your heart races. You take a few deep breaths — a physical reflex designed to protect the lungs from accidentally inhaling vomit — and calculate how quickly you can travel to the … Read more

KP reports third mpox case pushing Pakistan’s total tally to four

KP reports third mpox case pushing Pakistan’s total tally to four

This file photo taken on August 16, 2022 shows a patient showing his hand with a sore caused by an infection of the mpox virus, in the isolation area for mpox patients at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital, in Lima, Peru. — AFP  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reported its third monkeypox case pushing Pakistan’s total count to … Read more