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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children

Health United Kingdom

29. March 2026

Breakthrough Treatment Offers New Hope for Severe Childhood Epilepsy

The United Kingdom reported promising 2026 trial results for a new drug that significantly reduces seizures in children with Dravet syndrome, improving quality of life for patients and families.

Cigarette butts stuck on a garbage can with an ashtray

Society USA

27. March 2026

A Habit Once Everywhere Quietly Reaches a Turning Point

The United States reduced adult smoking rates to below 10% for the first time in 2024, marking a major public health milestone and lowering long-term disease risks.

PAHO/WHO Representative in Chile, Giovanni Escalante, and Chile’s Minister of Health, Ximena Aguilera, during the ceremony recognizing the elimination of leprosy

Health Chile

22. March 2026

Historic Victory Pushes an Ancient Disease Closer to Global Eradication

Chile has become the first country in the Americas verified to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem, marking more than three decades without locally transmitted cases.

Health Denmark

19. March 2026

Country Reaches Historic Elimination of Two Diseases Passed to Newborns

Denmark has eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, becoming the first European Union country to ensure babies are born free of both infections.

a healthcare worker is doing an eye check, Libya

Health Libya

17. March 2026

Century-Old Cause of Blindness Defeated

Libya has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, protecting future generations from preventable blindness caused by one of the world’s oldest infectious eye diseases.

Health Indonesia

15. March 2026

Shorter Treatment Breakthrough Strengthens Fight Against Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

Indonesia is expanding faster diagnosis and a new six-month treatment to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis, improving care for patients in a country where around one million people fall ill with TB each year.

Mexico City launches measles vaccination campaign amid national outbreak

Health The World

9. March 2026

Measles Cases Fall Sharply Across These Regions

Measles infections dropped significantly across Europe and Central Asia, with reported cases falling by 75% after expanded vaccination and outbreak response efforts strengthened public health protection.

Health USA

6. March 2026

Discovery of Sperm Energy Switch Opens Path to Male Birth Control

A newly identified molecular mechanism that powers sperm movement could enable nonhormonal male birth control and improve fertility treatments, researchers in the United States have found.

Health United Kingdom

3. March 2026

Gene Therapy Reprogrammes Immune Cells to Defeat Hard-to-Treat Cancer

The United Kingdom has used a pioneering gene therapy that reprogrammes immune cells to hunt cancer, helping patients with previously untreatable blood cancer achieve lasting remission.

door-to-door campaign against river blindness in Yemen

Health Yemen

26. February 2026

Door-to-Door Campaign Expands Protection Against River Blindness

In Yemen, a nationwide effort is bringing treatment to remote communities for a severe form of onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, reducing suffering and advancing progress toward elimination.