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People with lived experience of mental health conditions must have a meaningful role in shaping the policies, programmes and services that affect their lives, the Ministry of Health and Food Safety (MoHFS) and WHO Country Office for Nepal emphasized as they marked World Mental Health Day under the theme “Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change”. Speaking at the event, Dr Allison Gocotano, Acting WHO Representative to Nepal, highlighted the barriers many people in Nepal continue to face in accessing quality mental health care, despite progress in recognizing mental health as a public health priority. Dr Gocotano called for accessible, quality-assured and rights-based services, stronger collaboration across sectors, and the integration of mental health and psychosocial support into emergency response and recovery. World Mental Health Day marked at the premises of National Health Training Center, Ministry of Health and Food Safety, in Nepal.

In Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam, PATH and local health partners are strengthening primary health care by connecting communities, health workers, and digital tools for earlier detection and long-term management of cardiometabolic diseases. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and metabolic disorders, are now the leading causes of death in Vietnam, accounting for about 81 percent of all deaths each year. Yet for many people, especially those living farther from health facilities, opportunities for early screening and ongoing care remain limited. At the primary health care (PHC) level, services have traditionally focused heavily on hypertension, with conditions such as diabetes, dyslipidemia, and obesity receiving less attention. Health workers also face fragmented information systems, with paper records and disconnected digital platforms making it difficult to follow patients across the continuum of care.

Kristaps Porzingis and the Golden State Warriors provided updates on the star's health status on Wednesday after he returned to the team's practice facility on Tuesday to meet with general manager Mike Dunleavy and vice president of player health and performance Rick Celebrini amid his ongoing absence from the team.

NEW YORK/PANAMA CITY, 12 October 2026 - UNICEF estimates that 38,000 people, including 8,300 children, are in need of humanitarian assistance following the earthquake that struck Panama on October 9. The 7.5-magnitude earthquake caused damage to homes, schools, health facilities, and critical water and transport infrastructure. Assessments remain ongoing, with major impacts confirmed in the provinces of Veraguas, Coclé, Herrera and Los Santos. “Three days after the earthquake, children and families continue to experience fear and distress as aftershocks persist, with thousands of children in the hardest-hit communities facing disruptions to essential services, including safe water and education,” said UNICEF Representative in Panama, Olga Isaza. “UNICEF is working closely with the Government of Panama and partners to support affected children and families in the weeks ahead.”Children’s access to education has been disrupted. According to preliminary government reports, 656 educational facilities have sustained damage nationwide, and classes were suspended on October 12 while structural safety inspections continue.

UVA Health is expanding its advanced cardiovascular care capabilities as the first healthcare system in Virginia to offer a dedicated robotic cardiac surgery program. Led by Michael Ibrahim, MD, director of robotic cardiac surgery at UVA Health, the program brings cutting-edge, minimally invasive options for valve patients right now across Virginia and beyond. While robotic heart surgery was once limited to simple procedures, the program at UVA Health covers a broad spectrum of complex valve conditions as well as atrial fibrillation and coronary artery disease. The team's inaugural procedure demonstrated the clinical value of bringing this advanced technology to UVA Health. Rather than facing a traditional open-chest operation, the patient successfully underwent a robotic mitral valve repair. "This first patient was somewhere kind of in the middle. She had complex valve disease and was considering a transcatheter therapy versus surgery, “ says Ibrahim. “Because we were able to use surgery without having to open the chest, that's what she went with. And surgery is generally more durable and more definitively corrective than transcatheter therapy," he notes.

As more and more people turn to AI chatbots for quick, 24/7 medical advice, a new perspective paper co-authored by faculty at Binghamton University explores the risks this practice carries that are largely invisible to users – and healthcare systems. The paper, written by researchers at Binghamton University, Stanford University, Texas A&M University, and Indiana University, and published in Nature Health, examines what happens when a chatbot gives someone bad health advice. The authors argue that the harm is hard to catch because the conversation stays on the AI company's platform, the person has no place to report the problem, and outside researchers cannot measure the damage. “We’re getting medical advice from these chatbots, but nobody—literally no one—is looking at this. If there’s an error or an issue, there’s just no way for people to know,” said Kaicheng Yang, an assistant professor in the School of Computing at Binghamton University’s Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science and one of the paper’s authors. The researchers gave the example of a 60-year-old man who asked ChatGPT how to cut chloride from his diet and swapped table salt with sodium bromide.

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As part of the follow-up to the implementation of the Council of Foreign Ministers' resolutions on Afghanistan, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of…

Dentons US announces today that Schevon Salmon has joined the Firm’s Health Care practice as a partner. He advises pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies on Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory and corporate transactional matters throughout the product lifecycle. Salmon’s practice focuses on FDA regulatory and corporate transactional matters, including product development, advertising and promotion; medical communications; good manufacturing practices for drugs and medical devices; and negotiation of quality and supply agreements. His experience expands Dentons’ capabilities in advising pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies on complex regulatory, compliance and transactional matters.

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The Beach Boys' Mike Love is "facing serious health challenges", according to John Stamos. Ahead of their joint performance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sunday (11.l0.26), the 63-year-old actor took to Instagram to pay tribute to the 85-year-old founding member of the legendary rock band, who "insists on being on stage" despite his unknown health battle. John shared two pictures of himself and Mike, with the caption: "I'm boarding a plane to Nashville to play with the Beach Boys at the Ryman Auditorium, struggling to put my feelings into words. "My beloved friend, father figure, musical hero and mentor, Mike Love, is facing serious health challenges. We hope he'll be doing what he loves for years to come, but we don't know what the future holds. We have tonight. "Mike is a fighter. Despite doctors, family and friends urging him to focus on his health, he insists on being on stage. He says he needs his band, the audience, his friends and drummer surrounding him to lift him up.

Protein may be all the rage right now, but Dr. Jennifer Ashton, an OB-GYN who also specializes in nutrition and obesity medicine, predicts fiber is about to take center stage. “Fiber is the new protein,” Ashton, host of the new podcast “Dear Dr. Jen,” recently said on TODAY. “It is absolutely going to be the new protein.”

“We were covering this story before we built the stage.” A year of conversations, brought to one stage.