A Hole in the Heart Increases Post-Surgical Risk of Stroke
The presence of a PFO doubles the risk of stroke within the first 30 days following surgery
World news
We offer you an overview of useful health news.
High levels of antibiotic resistance found worldwide, new data shows
WHO’s first release of surveillance data on antibiotic resistance reveals high levels of resistance to a number of serious bacterial infections in both high- and low-income countries.
Haifa hospital, university receive $18 million for joint project
Helmsley Trust awards $18 million to Rambam and University of Haifa.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning took hold in healthcare during 2017
A look back at what happened and how it shaped the future of AI, cognitive computing and machine learning for 2018 and beyond.
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Forum 2017
Health is a human right. But we have a long way to go until everyone—no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they have—can get the quality health care they need and deserve.
World AIDS Day 2017
Everybody counts.
YoungVoicesCount – for the World We Want in 2030
Global collaboration to support young people track and shape the Sustainable Development Goals and transform the world.
New global commitment to end tuberculosis
Today 75 ministers agreed to take urgent action to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2030. The announcement came at the first WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Ending Tuberculosis in the Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response, which brought together delegates from 114 countries in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation opened the Conference, together with Amina J Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General, and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
Israeli-American company's big exit
American pharmaceutical giant buys company which is developing way to use patients' own immune system to kill cancer.
New products
All products
