Reducing hand hygiene monitoring could save hospitals time and money
Hand hygiene (HH) monitoring in hospitals could be reduced significantly, allowing infection preventionists to redirect efforts toward quality improvement and ...
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Women face greater barriers to accessing mobility aids despite higher need
Women are more likely than men to experience mobility limitations that could benefit from the use of mobility aids but ...
COP29 outcomes fall short on climate health action
Agreements made at COP29 fell short of the ambition and focus needed to fully address the impacts of climate change ...
WHO confirms elimination of trachoma in South Asia
The world moved closer to eliminating trachoma this month after the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed India and Pakistan ...
How the 'Pink Tax' inflates prices on women's personal care products
Article: The “Pink Tax” and Gender Price Disparity in Personal Care. Image Credit: Firn / Shutterstock The Pink Tax means women pay ...
LSHTM receives £2.8m grant to tackle hidden malaria in India
Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have been awarded £2.8m to study factors sustaining malaria ...
Public health experts urge universities and schools to ban alcohol industry-funded education programs
Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry-funded education programmes in UK universities and schools, which they ...
Hot climates worsen chronic kidney disease outcomes
Chronic kidney disease patients living in the hottest countries experienced an additional 8% drop in kidney function each year compared ...
New classification of tuberculosis aims to improve focus on the early stages of disease
A new way to classify tuberculosis (TB) that aims to improve focus on the early stages of the disease has ...
From Puberty to Menopause: Clue’s CEO, Audrey Tsang on the Power of Femtech
For Endometriosis Awareness Month, NewsMedical interviewed Audrey Tsang, CEO of Clue, a world-leading menstrual tracking app hosting over 10 million users ...
