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Dietary supplements are inaccurately labeled and even contain banned substances
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Aspartame ‘possibly carcinogenic,’ says one WHO arm, another for ‘acceptable’ limits 

HQ Team July 14, 2023: Non-sugar sweetener aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic” to humans and was “acceptable” to be taken at agreed levels, according.

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People facing hunger globally, rose by an additional 122 million last year, because of the 2019 Covid-19 pandemic, weather shocks, and conflicts, according to a UN report.
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Hunger on the rise globally, may miss SDG target for 2030: UN warns

HQ Team July 13, 2023: People facing hunger globally, rose by an additional 122 million last year, because of the 2019 Covid-19 pandemic,.

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The FDA has told e-cigarette maker Fontem US, LLC, not to market or distribute its product myblu menthol in the US as it did not provide any “added benefits.”
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FDA bans Fontem US from selling e-cigarette myblu menthol

HQ Team July 11, 2023: The FDA has told e-cigarette maker Fontem US, LLC, not to market or distribute its product myblu menthol.

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Humans have an upper critical temperature range of between 45 degrees Celsius and 50 degrees Celsius, and in that range the body stops functioning optimally, researchers reveal.
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British researchers reveal level of heat stress a human body can take

HQ Team July 7, 2023: Humans have an upper critical temperature range of between 45 degrees Celsius and 50 degrees Celsius, and in.

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The UNICEF and the private-public partnership Gavi Vaccine Alliance will roll out its malaria vaccine for the first time in nine African countries to fight one of the deadliest diseases in the continent, according to the WHO.
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A dozen African nations to receive 18 million shots of malaria vaccine

HQ Team July 6, 2023: The UNICEF and the private-public partnership Gavi Vaccine Alliance will roll out its malaria vaccine for the first.

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At least 57 women and girls in Sudan were at the receiving end of sexually-related violence since a conflict between warring factions of the military government in the country began in April, the UN stated.
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Sexual violence against women, girls in Sudan conflict on the rise: UN agencies

HQ Team July 6, 2023: At least 57 women and girls in Sudan were at the receiving end of sexually-related violence since a.

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Extreme summer heat and a resurgence of mpox in Europe are adding to the hardship created by the Covid-19 virus, which is still killing 1,000 people in the continent every week, a senior WHO official said.
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Covid-19, summer heat, mpox challenges haunt European region

HQ Team June 28, 2023: Extreme summer heat and a resurgence of mpox in Europe are adding to the hardship created by the.

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Australian researchers shed light on animal-human virus transmission
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Australian researchers shed light on animal-human virus transmission

HQ Team June 23, 2023: Australian researchers have unearthed the process of how an infectious virus enters human cells from animals. The researchers.

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Peru has declared a state of medical emergency due to a dengue outbreak, according to an emailed statement from the WHO.
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Peru declares medical emergency as dengue cases rise

HQ Team  June 22, 2023: Peru has declared a state of medical emergency due to a dengue outbreak, according to an emailed statement.

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Access to pain relief medication, morphine, is ‘one of the most heinous, hidden inequities in global health’ with the richest 10% of countries possessing 90% of distributed morphine-equivalent opioids, according to a WHO report.
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Denial of morphine most ‘heinous’ inequity in global health: WHO

HQ Team June 17, 2023: Access to pain relief medication, morphine, is ‘one of the most heinous, hidden inequities in global health’ with.

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