Summary The most impactful news in health this week were: Biomedicine: The new definition of obesity challenges the use of the BMI (Body Mass Index). Global health: The triumph and tragedy of malaria prevention. International health policy: The FDA proposes new labels to inform about the sugar, fat and salt content in food. National […]
Summary The most impactful news in health this week were: Biomedicine: Colombian scientist Manuel Elkin Patarroyo dies. Global health: The world breaks the 1.5º C warming target for the first time in 2024. International health policy: Keir Starmer launches the private sector to reduce the waiting list in England. National health policy: The government […]
Summary The most impactful news in health this week were: Biomedicine: Cancer vaccines are promising. Global health: Covid-19 after five years: an almost banal disease. International health policy: The British Prime Minister is willing to promote a plan to reduce waiting lists. National health policy: ASISA plans to take on MUFACE alone. Companies: The […]
Summary The most impactful news in health this week were: Biomedicine: National Geographic publishes what it considers the 7 most hopeful medical advances of 2024. Global health: The WHO publishes global data on covid mortality. International health policy: More and more pharmacies are closing in the USA, leaving the problem of “pharmaceutical deserts”. National […]
Summary The most impactful news in health this week were: Biomedicine: New tech treatments are being tested in mental health, to avoid medications and treatments. Global health: Trump’s return could worsen the situation of global health institutions. International health policy: Trump’s team plans to leave the WHO as one of its first measures […]
Summary The most impactful news in health this week were: Biomedicine: In the United Kingdom, cancer vaccines produced by BioNTech are being tested in 30 NHS hospitals. Global health: The incidence of colon cancer is increasing among young people in Western countries, although not in Spain. International health policy: The Institut Pasteur presents a report […]
Summary The most impactful news in health this week were: Biomedicine: a very large study shows that prevention and early diagnosis have saved more lives in the last 45 years than treatments. Global health: A Treaty on Plastics is necessary but it will take time. International health policy: The British Parliament approves the […]
Summary The most impactful news in health this week were: Biomedicine: lung cancer is dealt a blow, the USA has managed to increase survival by 26% in the last five years. Global health: HIV/AIDS deaths have been the lowest in two decades. International health policy: Biden proposes a broad expansion of anti-obesity drugs. National […]
Summary The most impactful news in health this week were: Biomedicine: the results of the ambitious Human Cell Atlas project appear. Global health: final agreement at COP29, by which rich countries will finance those with fewer resources in the fight against climate change, but only from 2035. International health policy: Trump’s appointments in health […]
Summary The most impactful news in health this week were, from an international point of view, The analysis of Trump’s victory and its consequences for health, generally valued as negative by most analysts. The new health reform law approved in Germany, although the call for elections in that country will surely at least slow […]
