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Superbugs, Anti-Vaxxers Make WHO ’ s List Of 10 Global Health Threats
(CNN) — From climate change to superbugs, the World Health Organization has laid out 10 big threats to our global health in 2019. And unless these threats get addressed, millions of lives will be in jeopardy. Here’s a snapshot of 10 urgent health issues, according to the United Nations’ public health agency: Not vaccinating when you can One of the most controversial recent health topics in the US is now an international concern. “Vaccine hesitancy — the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines — threatens to reverse progress made in tackling vaccine-prevent...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health News CNN Local TV Source Type: news

Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980 –2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
Publication date: 8–14 October 2016 Source:The Lancet, Volume 388, Issue 10053 Author(s): GBD 2015 Mortality and Causes of Death CollaboratorsHaidongWangMohsenNaghaviChristineAllenRyan MBarberZulfiqar ABhuttaAustinCarterDaniel CCaseyFiona JCharlsonAlan ZianChenMatthew MCoatesMeganCoggeshallLalitDandonaDaniel JDickerHolly EErskineAlize JFerrariChristinaFitzmauriceKyleForemanMohammad HForouzanfarMaya SFraserNancyFullmanPeter WGethingEllen MGoldbergNicholasGraetzJuanita AHaagsmaSimon IHayChantalHuynhCatherine OJohnsonNicholas JKassebaumYohannesKinfuXie RachelKulikoffMichaelKutzHmwe HKyuHeidi JLarsonJanniLeungXiaofengLiangS...
Source: The Lancet - October 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Heart attack death rates halve from 2001-12 but cancer mortalities rise
But ONS mortality data for period show circulatory disease as overall top cause of deaths in England and WalesDeaths from heart attacks and stroke halved in England and Wales over the first 11 years of this century, while the numbers dying from cancer rose, according to newly published mortality data from the Office for National Statistics.The 21st century mortality files from the ONS contain a vast amount of data not only about the big killers of modern times but also the more surprising and less likely accidental causes of mortality.Only three people died from snake bites, all men, between 2001 and 2012. One man died of ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - October 23, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: Heart attack Nutrition theguardian.com Office for National Statistics News Health Government data Smoking Society Alzheimer's Cancer UK news Source Type: news