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Read what major media outlets are saying about our work.Global study finds cancer rates in Lebanon are soaring faster than anywhere else
A recent global study that found the incidence and mortality from cancer are climbing faster in Lebanon than anywhere else in the world.
Global life expectancy returns to pre-pandemic levels but major health challenges remain, study says
Researchers called for more focus on the ‘disturbing trends’ driving health inequalities around the globe.
Global life expectancy is back to pre-pandemic levels, but deaths among teens and young adults are rising
Covid-19 fell from the leading cause of death in 2021 to 20th place in 2023, with heart disease and stroke rising to again become the leading causes of death globally.
Heart disease back as top global killer as study highlights ‘toll’ of chronic conditions, rising youth deaths
New global study also calls attention to ‘deaths of despair’ among teens, younger adults
Death rates are rising in young adults in Eastern Europe
Drug-use, suicide and war are among the causes of death that are rising in Eastern Europe, while earthquakes and climate-related disasters have also pushed up death rates in the region.
High youth death rates are an ‘emerging crisis’, global health study warns
Alcohol, suicide and injuries driving rises among teenagers and young adults despite overall rates falling, authors say
Las muertes por cáncer avanzan: más de 18 millones de fallecidos para 2050, según un estudio
Los resultados muestran que los casos de cáncer han aumentado un 74% entre 1990 y 2023, mientras que los fallecimientos han crecido un 105% en el mismo periodo.
Global deaths, disability from heart disease continue to rise sharply
Some 19.2 million people died of cardiovascular disease in 2023, accounting for 1 in 3 deaths around the world, as risk factors such as obesity continue to rise quickly, according to a major new report released Wednesday.
Map Reveals Where Cancer Is Rising Fastest in the World
Global cancer diagnoses are expected to rise by more than 60 percent over the next 25 years, with experts warning that population growth and aging will drive unprecedented increases in cases and deaths.
Bill Gates: I’m Still Optimistic About Global Health
To save as many children as possible, I'm urging leaders to increase health funding. But say they simply sustained current levels. What would happen? Our foundation worked with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington to find out—and the results were more hopeful than I expected.
Q&A: Global kidney failure prevalence tripled since 1990
Worldwide prevalence of kidney failure requiring dialysis nearly tripled since 1990 to reach 4.6 million cases in 2023, according to results of the Global Burden of Disease study 2023.
Nearly half of people with diabetes don’t know they have it, new study finds
Forty-four percent of people age 15 and older living with diabetes are undiagnosed, so they don’t know they have it, according to data analysis published Monday in the journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
Millions of people with diabetes do not know they have it. What are the signs?
People with diabetes were most likely to be diagnosed in high-income North America, and most likely to be treated in high-income Asia Pacific.
Almost half of those with diabetes don’t know they have it. Are you one of them?
Researchers found 44 percent of people aged 15 and older with the chronic disease are undiagnosed, according to a study published Monday in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal.
Kidney Failure Cases Rising Globally, US Ranks High
In 2023, the estimated number of global cases of kidney failure requiring replacement therapy was 4.59 million.