Trump administration launches TrumpRx website for access to discounted drugs
The Trump administration on Thursday launched TrumpRx, a website it says will help patients buy prescription drugs directly at a discounted rate at a time...
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‘Inequality: Deliberative democracy collectively chooses policies to create a better society’
Imagine designing a society without knowing your role in it. Would you still choose the inequality we live with today? Eve Irvine welcomes Kate Pickett,...
Climate change is changing the geography of infectious disease
Europe isn’t just at risk of the direct effects of climate change, it is also exposed to the indirect effects of infectious disease like dengue,...
US foreign aid cuts could cause 14 million deaths, study finds
The Trump administration’s cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which provides 40 percent of humanitarian funding worldwide, could lead to 14 million...
Vegetable Garden World Cup: 'We all need to reconnect with nature and our health'
“It takes a village!” And it takes a vegetable garden! François Picard’s guest Henri Landes, Co-Founder of LanDestini, says it’s absolutely “fundamental” for kids, especially...
French parliament to vote on assisted dying: Patients share their stories
French deputies are set to vote Tuesday on a controversial bill regarding end-of-life options before it moves to the Senate. The proposed “right to aid...
France's lower house backs assisted dying bill in first reading
France’s lower house on Tuesday approved a right-to-die bill in the first reading, the initial step in a lengthy process that could grant patients medical...
Right to assisted dying provides 'autonomous choice for patient suffering endlessly, unbearably'
France’s lower house of parliament adopted a bill Tuesday to allow adults with incurable illness to take lethal medication, as public demands grow across Europe...
Sudan 'on brink' of health emergency amid deadly cholera outbreak
A deadly cholera outbreak has killed at least 70 people in just 48 hours in Sudan’s war-torn capital, health officials said Thursday, deepening an already...
UAE grapples with obesity crisis fuelled by fast food, sedentary lifestyle
Behind the skyscrapers and luxurious resorts of the United Arab Emirates, a silent health crisis is looming. According to a study published in The Lancet, the...