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Despite national and international commitments to food systems transformation and an increasing adoption of common indicators, no comprehensive targets have been established against which progress can be measured. Here, building on the Food Systems Countdown Initiative framework, we identify existing targets—based on internationally agreed commitments and normative goals—and establish benchmarks—based on empirically derived peer performance…

Over a year ago, Times of Malta wrote, in the context of obesity, that: “Too often, the public health sector is firefighting instead of planning with foresight”. Crisis management means that we lurch from one solution to another, creating entities, forging partnerships with the private sector, endless initiatives – but the approach is piecemeal and…

Louisiana health officials are urging residents to take precautions against a flesh-eating bacterial infection following the deaths of five people this year

In a perspective paper published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a team of researchers and health experts calls for a ‘paradigm shift’ in how public health agencies address hypertension, which affects more than 1.28 billion adults worldwide and remains a leading driver of cardiovascular disease. The authors say high blood pressure can be…

They are the latest trend in pharmaceuticals: the so-called ‘miracle’ or ‘anti-obesity’ drugs that, through weekly injections, promote weight loss ranging from 15 …per cent in their earliest versions to almost 30 per cent in the latest iterations

Health secretary, longtime vaccination skeptic, spent years boosting misinformation about vaccines including MMR

Hong Kong has long relied on both public and private hospitals and clinics, but medical inflation is pricing out elderly patients

The Chicago Department of Public Health is taking steps to prevent West Nile virus in the area. 

Researchers found that shifting this one norm delivered surprising cognitive benefits

July 27 — The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar on Monday, supported by positive domestic sentiment ahead of the Negeri Sembilan state election, although caution ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting capped gains