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AbstractNext-generation internet technologies, represented by artificial intelligence, are reshaping the nationwide health information distribution system; this study examines the synergistic benefit effect of online health communication on health promotion. The analysis utilizes 5,333 data points from the 2023 China General Social Survey (CGSS), which employed a nationally stratified, multi-stage sampling design. Using the Hayes PROCESS Model 6 serial chain mediation model, 2,000 bias-correction Bootstrap samples were generated to conduct baseline OLS regression, mediation effect decomposition, multidimensional heterogeneity analysis, and an IPW inverse probability weighting robustness test. The baseline OLS regression reveals a significant positive overall association between online health communication and health promotion. The chain mediation model identified three indirect pathways: a single health literacy mediation pathway, a single digital health education mediation pathway, and a core serial synergistic pathway (“Online Health Communication → Health Literacy → Digital Health Education → Health Promotion”); the confidence intervals for all three pathways do not include zero

Parliamentary State Secretary Georg Kippels, World Health Summit President Professor Dr Axel Pries, World Health Summit CEO Carsten Schicker, Charité CEO Professor Dr Heyo Kroemer, President of the Robert Koch Institute, Professor Lars Schaade, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Guten Abend! It’s an honour to be here. In our troubled and divided world, it is always a joy to be among friends, and especially friends from the global health family. So I thank Germany and the World Health Summit for bringing our family together. I also thank Germany for its long and strong support for global health and WHO. Nothing symbolizes that support more than the fact that Germany hosts part of WHO right here in Berlin: the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence. The story of the Hub began on 23 October 2020, at the height of the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an urgent Zoom call with Chancellor Angela Merkel. Our conversation centred on a fundamental truth: viruses move fast, but health data must move even faster. One of the key lessons of the pandemic was the need to strengthen the world’s ability to detect threats faster. The WHO Hub is the answer to that lesson.

New cases of mpox have been reported in Hong Kong, according to Since August, 21 new infections have been recorded, accounting

Cats are nice. I respect people who prefer cats. But I’m a dog person. Nothing triggers more reader mail than a column picking pet favourites. But being close to a dog, almost any dog, warms my soul. What a wonderful world it would be if people were as generous to humankind as most of us are to our beloved dogs. What is it about dogs that makes us love them so much? Of course, it’s their unwavering devotion to us. But there’s more. Dogs trigger what scientists call the “baby schema.”

Some health-care services at Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s Chatham and Wallaceburg sites will be altered Monday, Oct. 12, for the Thanksgiving Day holiday. Some outpatient diagnostic tests will take place during the statutory holiday, and patients with scheduled diagnostic tests are advised to attend their appointments. The departments will also be staffed to meet the needs of inpatients and emergencies.

Much of what scientists know about how genetic differences affect health comes from studying populations outside Africa. This matters because genetic information is increasingly being used to understand disease, interpret genetic tests and, in some cases, guide treatment. Africa has the greatest human genetic diversity in the world, yet African populations remain poorly represented in global genomic research. A genome is the complete set of DNA carried by a person. Only about 0.15% of participants in genome-wide association studies, which look for links between genetic differences and disease, are from Africa. When most of the evidence comes from populations elsewhere, some findings can be harder to interpret for African patients.

Preventable vision loss is a disproportionate global burden affecting low- and middle-income countries [1]. While contemporary frameworks highlight the pivotal role of sustained, capacity-building partnerships to address these inequities, current institutional offerings often fall short of this model [2]. Notably, prospective trainees seeking global health tracks may face limited publicly available information on structured opportunities across North America. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the documented global health training across accredited Canadian and US ophthalmology residency programs. We hypothesised that global health infrastructure remains limited and inequitably distributed. This cross-sectional study was conducted in accordance with Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines.

Yemen’s internationally recognised government has warned of an “imminent health and humanitarian catastrophe” in the besieged city of Taiz, in the country’s southwest, as the Houthis continue their siege and “obstruct essential supplies”. Yemen’s Ministry of Public Health and Population said in a statement on Saturday that medicines, intravenous fluids, medical supplies and fuel at the city’s health facilities were “nearing depletion”. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3How hunger is devastating Yemen’s childrenlist 2 of 3Yemen’s Taiz residents fear food and fuel crisis amid fightinglist 3 of 3More than 200,000 displaced as fighting escalates in Yemen, UN saysend of listIt said emergency care, surgery, intensive care, dialysis and neonatal services could be forced to stop if the situation continued, putting patients, injured people, pregnant women and newborns “at immediate risk”. Fuel shortages also threaten electricity generators, ambulances and the cold chains that keep medicines and vaccines usable, which could cause “severe complications and preventable deaths”, the ministry said.

The Health Statutes Amendment Act, or Bill 11, makes significant changes to the health care system in Alberta, including a public and private dual-practice model for physicians. Amar Shah has the details on the pushback against the changes.

The American Heart Association’s Heart and Stroke Walk shares CPR education while raising funds to support research and local impact initiatives Fresno, Calif., October 10, 2026 — Today more than 1,500 people gathered at Tesoro Viejo for the American Heart Association’s 2026 Central Valley Heart and Stroke Walk. The event celebrated heart disease and stroke survivors and supported the lifesaving mission of the Association by raising $350,000 and counting for research, education and local impact initiatives. As part of the event, participants also learned Hands-Only CPR, helping build a community of lifesavers ready to act in a cardiac arrest emergency.