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The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the theme for World No Tobacco Day 2027: “Mental well-being – protecting young minds from tobacco and nicotine.” The campaign will raise awareness of the impact of tobacco and nicotine use on mental well-being, particularly among children and young people, and challenge misleading narratives that portray nicotine and…

Sleep apnea is a serious condition causes people to pause breathing while asleep, potentially disrupting oxygen supply, lowering sleep quality, and leading to health complications including hypertension and stroke. Despite these risks, the disorder largely goes unnoticed because getting a diagnosis usually requires time-consuming and costly in-lab sleep studies

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in healthcare decision support, today released the 2026-2027 edition of Best Hospitals. Now in its 37th year, the annual study helps patients and their families make informed, data-driven healthcare decisions in consultation with their medical providers and care teams

Communities in more than 70 countries will unite on March 13 for World Sleep Day 2026, a global call to action led by World Sleep Society to elevate healthy sleep as essential to health and well-being at every stage of life

From Takaichi and Trump to Modi and Macron, many leaders have operated on little rest

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) – Mar. 2nd is World Teen Mental Wellness Day. The day is to help highlight the mental struggles teens in the modern world face

At the World Health Assembly today, Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus presented his report on the work of WHO to Member States and the Assembly started general discussion under the theme “Reshaping global health: a shared responsibility”.   

Millions worldwide suffer from sleep apnea, but 80% of sufferers1 don’t even know they have it. This serious condition causes people to experience pauses in breathing while asleep — potentially disrupting oxygen supply, lowering sleep quality and leading to health complications including hypertension and stroke. Despite these risks, the disorder largely goes unnoticed because getting a…

EVEN THE STRONGEST candidate vaccine for the Bundibugyo virus, causing the ongoing outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, could take months before it reaches clinical trial, WHO experts told reporters today at the 79th World Health Assembly

Every four years, WhatsApp groups explode at 3 am with messages like “What a goal!” and “Did you see that save?” People who normally sleep by 11 pm are suddenly debating offside decisions while eating instant noodles at two in the morning. Welcome to the FIFA World Cup. This year, however, the tournament is taking…