Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), like heart disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases and cancers are some of the world’s si…
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Week in images: 27-31 October 2025
Week in images: 27-31 October 2025
Discover our week through the lens
Full article at source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Full article at source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Seas of the Sun: The story of Cluster
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What began with tragedy ended in triumph. This is the untold story of the European Space Agency’s pioneering 25-year Cluster mission to study how invisible solar storms impact Earth’s environment.
Full article at source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 27 – 30 October 2025
New safety information for healthcare professionals
Injectable tranexamic acid: serious adverse reactions when inadvertently given intrathecally
PRAC agreed on a direct healthcare professional communication (DHPC) to remind healthcare professionals that extreme caution should be taken when handling and giving injectable tranexamic acid to ensure it is only given intravenously (into a vein).
Full article at source: European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Today is #WorldCitiesDay. WHO’s new Guide for Decision Makers helps leaders transform cities into engines of: ✅ Health ✅ Equity ✅…
WHO’s new Guide for Decision Makers helps leaders transform cities into engines of:
✅ Health
✅ Equity
✅ Sustainability
Learn how to build fairer, healthier futures: bit.ly/4oanNMy
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Earth from Space: Ghostly lake
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To celebrate Halloween, we bring you these spooky sights of Lake Carnegie in Australia, captured from space by Copernicus Sentinel-2.
Full article at source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Flickering flame: spooky spirits or serious science?
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Flickering flame: spooky spirits or serious science?
Full article at source: European Space Agency (ESA)
Full article at source: European Space Agency (ESA)
WHO calls for a new era of strategic urban health action with global guide to unlock healthy, prosperous and resilient societies
On World Cities Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on national and city leaders to transform urban areas into engines of health, equity and sustainability.
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Have you heard about a worm that can cause #epilepsy? Meet Taenia solium — the pig tapeworm that travels from gut to brain, causin…
Meet Taenia solium — the pig tapeworm that travels from gut to brain, causing seizures and preventable epilepsy in millions.
Full article at source: World Health Organization (WHO)
Sentinel-1D pre-launch media briefing
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Follow the online briefing on the launch scheduled for 4 November 2025. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission delivers radar images of Earth’s surface.
Full article at source: European Space Agency (ESA)
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