Health
Greece to introduce bill for stricter penalties on selling alcohol, electronic cigarettes, vapes to minors
Violators can face prison time, says media reports
Greece to introduce bill for stricter penalties on selling alcohol, electronic cigarettes, vapes to minors
Violators can face prison time, says media reports
Pharma giant AstraZeneca says its China chief under investigation
Probe follows recent detention of Eva Yin, former AstraZeneca executive, amid wider scrutiny of company's Chinese operations
McDonald’s E. coli outbreak likely stems from onions, says US public health agency
McDonald’s supplier Taylor Farms’ slivered onions recalled after investigation into Colorado plant, while outbreak’s death toll remains at one but number of cases rises
First case of new mpox strain detected in Britain
UK Health Security Agency confirms infected patient recently returned from Africa, transferred to Royal Free Hospital in North London
Tuberculosis leading infectious killer, WHO warns amid funding shortage
Tuberculosis surged as world’s deadliest infectious disease in 2023, with 8.2 million new cases, WHO reports
WHO, partners activate Global Health Emergency Corps for first time in response to mpox outbreak
'GHEC enhances the ability of many effective responders at national and regional levels to collaborate and ensure the success on ground in interrupting transmission and reducing suffering,' says executive director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Program
