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From: Luiz T, Preisegger T, Rombach D, Madler C. - Deutsches Zentrum für Notfallmedizin & Informationstechnologie, DENIT, Fraunhofer  BACKGROUND -  Provision of medical care is an important element of safety precautions for visitors of…

(SOURCE APTN) - One man died and at least 13 people were injured in a lightning strike during a rare thunderstorm at Venice Beach in Los Angeles. Lightning struck 13 people at a popular beach in Los Angeles in the US and another man…

From Dr. Douglas Pendse How would you fix emergency medicine training? The BMA have joined forces with the EMTA to organise a session featuring a range of speakers with the aim of identifying immediate solutions to improve the working…

NEW DELHI, INDIA (AFP) - An outbreak of encephalitis has killed 60 people in two weeks in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a top health official has said, calling the situation "alarming'. Hundreds of mainly children die across…

(Melbourne, Australia: XX AIDS Conference) - Two years after launching a first of its kind Combination Drug Study for TB treatment in 2010, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) raised hopes of a novel drug regimen to…

Surviving cardiac arrest depends on early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Only one third of cardiac arrest victims receive prompt CPR in spite of well-attended Basic Life Support (BLS) courses. Our study aimed to investigate that how…

The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to closely monitor the evolving Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. The current epidemic trend in Sierra Leone and Liberia remains serious, with high numbers…

NEW DELHI  – The Government of India, the Government of Odisha and the World Bank today signed a $153 million credit agreement to help the state build disaster resilient houses, improve the slums and city level infrastructure as well as…

Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM), together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has invited Ministers of Health from Southern Africa, Asia and other malaria-endemic regions, as well as the private sector to discuss…

REPORT from Oxfam A group of seven major international aid agencies said they face a shortfall of $89m/£52m just when the South Sudan humanitarian crisis edges closer to the risk of famine. Speaking out on the 3rd anniversary of the…