Hacker News with Generative AI: Global Health

Worst avian flu crisis ever recorded spreads across Antarctica (elpais.com)
The highly pathogenic avian influenza virus, which has caused the death of hundreds of millions of birds in the last five years around the world, is spreading across Antarctica, a pristine paradise for wildlife.
Avian Flu, Antarctica, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Global Health
9 points by belter 5 days ago | 0 comments
US's WHO Exit Throws Smallpox Defenses into Upheaval (nytimes.com)
President Trump’s order that the United States exit the World Health Organization could undo programs meant to ensure the safety, security and study of a deadly virus that once took half a billion lives, experts warn.
Politics, Health, Global Health, Viruses, Pandemic
17 points by rbanffy 8 days ago | 5 comments
USAID funding freeze disrupts global tuberculosis control efforts (cidrap.umn.edu)
The Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid delivered through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and the subsequent shutdown and dismantling of the agency altogether, has sent shockwaves throughout the community of people working on tuberculosis (TB) treatment, diagnosis, and prevention.
Global Health, Public Health, Tuberculosis, Politics
91 points by Red_Tarsius 9 days ago | 119 comments
Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar beverages (nature.com)
The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular diseases (CVD). However, an updated and comprehensive assessment of the global burden attributable to SSBs remains scarce.
Health, Nutrition, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Global Health
432 points by tchalla 46 days ago | 384 comments
Most people who opt for medically assisted dying around the world have cancer (euronews.com)
Patients with ALS or cancer were more likely to choose assisted dying regardless of where they lived, a study found.
Cancer, ALS, End-of-Life Care, Global Health
5 points by pseudolus 70 days ago | 0 comments
Americans spend more time living with diseases than rest of world, study shows (theguardian.com)
Americans spend more time living with diseases than people from other countries, according to a new study.
Health, Demographics, United States, Global Health, Research
54 points by pseudolus 72 days ago | 7 comments
Billions of people suffer from anemia, but there are cheap ways to reduce this (ourworldindata.org)
There are few health problems that affect billions of people at any given time. There are even fewer that could be reduced substantially through pretty cheap interventions.
Health, Anemia, Global Health, Public Health, Economics
6 points by surprisetalk 88 days ago | 1 comments
Gilead agrees to license twice-yearly HIV drug for poor countries (statnews.com)
In response to increased criticism of its pricing, Gilead Sciences has reached voluntary licensing deals with companies to make generic versions of its twice-yearly HIV medicine, lenacapavir, in 120 mostly low- and lower-middle-income countries.
HIV, Pharmaceuticals, Licensing, Healthcare, Global Health
14 points by divbzero 142 days ago | 0 comments
Typhoid spreads in Pakistan as antibiotics fail (theguardian.com)
As world leaders discuss the battle against superbugs in New York, Pakistan’s children are suffering on the frontline
Antibiotic Resistance, Public Health, Pakistan, Disease Outbreaks, Global Health
71 points by n1b0m 151 days ago | 95 comments
World-first lung cancer vaccine trials launched across seven countries (theguardian.com)
Medical Research, Cancer, Vaccines, Global Health
12 points by birriel 182 days ago | 1 comments
WHO Declares Global Emergency over New Mpox Outbreak (nytimes.com)
Public Health, Global Health, WHO, Outbreaks, Diseases
23 points by LopRabbit 192 days ago | 13 comments
Cancer Incidence by Country (ourworldindata.org)
Cancer, Health, Data Visualization, Global Health, Epidemiology
54 points by gniv 196 days ago | 95 comments
Latest Worldwide Guinea Worm Case Totals for 2024: Zero (cartercenter.org)
Guinea Worm, Public Health, Global Health, Disease Eradication
36 points by jseliger 213 days ago | 4 comments