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U.S. overdose deaths fell nearly 14% in 2025
CDC’s provisional estimate fell to 69,973; opioid-involved deaths also declined.
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WHO: 287 million people lived with chronic hepatitis B or C in 2024
WHO’s 2026 report estimates 1.34 million viral hepatitis deaths in 2024 and highlights gaps in diagnosis and treatment.
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WHO: 567 million additional people covered by essential health services in 2025
Against its 2018 baseline, WHO’s estimated service coverage rose by 136 million people from 2024.
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About one in five European TB cases went unreported in 2024
A joint WHO Europe–ECDC report found 2024 diagnoses covered 79% of estimated disease burden in the region.
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UN estimates: 4.9 million children died before age five in 2024
New child mortality estimates put neonatal deaths at 2.3 million in 2024 and show slower progress since 2015.
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EU/EEA countries reported 7,655 measles cases in 2025
ECDC preliminary data show reports from 30 countries fell from 2024 but remained about twice the 2023 level.
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WHO/IARC: 37% of new cancer cases in 2022 linked to preventable causes
An analysis of 185 countries and 36 cancer types estimates about 7.1 million cases were linked to preventable risks.
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WHO says population requiring trachoma interventions fell below 100 million
By November 2025, 97.1 million people required trachoma interventions, a 94% decline from 2002, WHO said.
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WHO–World Bank: 4.6 billion people lack essential health services
The 2025 monitoring report finds progress in service coverage but continued financial hardship for billions.
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WHO estimated 282 million malaria cases and 610,000 deaths in 2024
Prevention tools helped avert an estimated 170 million cases and one million deaths, yet total burden rose.
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WHO estimates 10.7 million people developed tuberculosis in 2024
The Global Tuberculosis Report 2025 shows a modest decline in burden while millions of cases remained undiagnosed.
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WHO AMR surveillance report covers over 23 million cases from 104 countries
The 2025 report analyses laboratory data reported in 2023 across 93 pathogen–antibiotic combinations.
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