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Innovation imperative to make Global Goals a reality – UN official, on day one of ideas fest

Photo:A delegate plays the Hive Mind 2030 on her mobile at the Global Festival of Ideas for Susta

Drug-resistant tuberculosis continues to be serious health threat says UN health agency

Photo:WHO stresses urgent need for Research and Development for drug-resistant tuberculosis, alon

'Make some noise' for safe, supportive HIV/AIDS care, says UN on Zero Discrimination Day

Photo:Since AIDS emerged 35 years ago, the international community has taken strides in stemming

Under Pressure, FDA Agrees to Review Lead in Hair Dye

27 February 2017

UN health agency lists antibiotic-resistant bacteria which pose human threat

27 February 2017

Drought threatens 1.5 million Somalis; UN health agency scales up response

Photo:A resident of Rabaable village in Somalia fetches water with the help of her daughters.

Intensive agriculture and wildfires threaten over a quarter of Europe’s grasshoppers and crickets

09 Feb 2017

Turning the Lens of the BBC's Natural History Unit

February 24, 2017

NCI launches study of African-American cancer survivors

February 27, 2017

UN rights experts urge action to curb 'invisible threat' of toxic air

24 February 2017