What to know and how much is safe

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Is aspartame safe? The World Health Organization’s cancer research group on Thursday said that it was categorizing the common artificial sweetener found in Diet Coke and other sugar-free foods and drinks as a possible carcinogen, but the agency’s food safety group said that the evidence wasn’t convincing and that the […]

Childhood immunization begins recovery after COVID-19 backslide

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Global immunization services reached 4 million more children in 2022 compared to the previous year, as countries stepped up efforts to address the historic backsliding in immunization caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to data published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, in 2022, 20.5 million children […]

Aspartame hazard and risk assessment results released

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Assessments of the health impacts of the non-sugar sweetener aspartame are released today by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). Citing “limited evidence” for carcinogenicity in humans, IARC […]

WHO reports dozens sickened by deadly sepsis

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Reports of at least three dozen cases of dangerous and often deadly viral sepsis in babies across Europe — along with increasing circulation of similar viruses that typically spike in the summer and early fall — have pediatric infectious diseases experts in the U.S. on edge.  “We are all on […]

WHO chief declares end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency

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“Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes – and that’s just the deaths we know about”, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, briefing the media at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva. According to WHO’s Coronavirus Dashboard which has collated key statistics since early in the pandemic, the cumulative cases worldwide now stand […]

COVID-19 no longer a global public health emergency

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Share on PinterestThe World Health Organization declared during a May 5 media briefing the COVID-19 pandemic emergency has ended. FABRICE COFFRINI/Getty Images On May 5, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to COVID-19 as a public health emergency. The public health agency acknowledged that COVID-19 remains an […]