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The study emphasised on banning the sale of loose sticks and enforcement of tobacco vendor licensing norms to reduce black marketing and illegal circulation.

In Nature journal, Dr. Madhukar Pai, Dr. Soumya Swaminathan and Puneet K. Dewan recommend for tuberculosis using molecular tests with non-sputum samples in a decentralised facility that can test for multiple conditions.

Taiwan is again blocked from attending the World Health Assembly amid a sustained campaign by Chinese officials to deny it a seat at the table.

Appeal comes amid concern strict intellectual property rules hamper the production of affordable vaccines and medicines.

Ten newborn babies testing positive for enterovirus found to have myocarditis between June and April in UK

"[What] do the new WHO guidelines mean for people who have switched to artificial sweeteners for health reasons?"

A World Health Organization (WHO) advisory group on Thursday recommended that this year's COVID-19 booster shots be updated to target one of the currently dominant XBB variants.

Some artificial sweeteners are synthetic, others are extracted from foods such as monk fruit and the stevia plant.

Taiwan said it still hoped to be invited to the World Health Organization's annual assembly opening in Geneva on Sunday, as support for its participation was growing despite China's efforts to isolate the democratically governed island.

The World Health Organisation has issued a warning after 15 babies - 10 in Wales and five in the South West - contracted the usually mild infection

India is considering a change to its pharmaceutical industry policy after cough syrups made in the country were linked to the deaths of children overseas, according to a document from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, which noted that "important things" about the industry had been "overlooked".