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Portrait woman with cancer hugging her daughter

Health United Kingdom

5. April 2026

Cancer Death Rates Reach Record Low After Decades of Progress

The United Kingdom has seen cancer death rates fall to their lowest level on record, reflecting major long-term advances in prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Indian teenage girls during Holy festival

Health India

2. April 2026

Landmark Health Campaign Targets One of the Deadliest Cancers

India has launched the world’s largest HPV vaccination programme, offering free jabs to around 11.5 million 14-year-old girls each year to prevent cervical cancer.

Health Japan

1. April 2026

A New Path Forward Emerges for a Complex Brain Disease

In Japan, a newly approved stem cell therapy is offering fresh hope for people with Parkinson’s disease by aiming to replace the brain cells responsible for movement.

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.