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Prehabilitation program for older adults shows potential to improve postoperative outcomes

A pilot study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found that a prehabilitation program that combines physical therapy, nutrition, and mindset support in the weeks leading up to major elective surgery is feasible and has the potential to improve postoperative outcomes.

7 Oct 2025

Protected areas of defined geographic zones may have unintended impacts on children’s diet

Protected areas of defined geographic zones can slow biodiversity loss and bolster conversation efforts, but they may have unintended impacts on the diets of children who live nearby, according to new research from scientists at Penn State.

7 Oct 2025

Tanzania turns to mass dog vaccination and smarter surveillance against rabies spread

Salama Issa watched in helpless shock as her seven-year-old son was set upon by a stray dog in Mmongo village, in the Lindi region of Tanzania.

7 Oct 2025

Parent-focused interventions do not work to prevent childhood obesity

An international study involving over 9,000 children reveals that measures aimed at parents do not work to prevent childhood obesity.

7 Oct 2025

Can a short message change how we think about expired food?

A study reveals that simple educational interventions can shift attitudes towards expired food, promoting its consumption and sharing to reduce waste.

7 Oct 2025

Parkrun boosts life satisfaction and wellbeing

Joining a weekly parkrun boosts happiness and health, with significant impacts on life satisfaction and social value, as revealed by recent research.

7 Oct 2025

Rising temperatures put older hearts in danger

Research reveals aging hearts struggle with extreme heat, increasing cardiovascular risks for older adults as climate change intensifies global temperatures.

7 Oct 2025

Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado started revamping its vaccine policies in the spring

As Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s dismantling of federal vaccine policy continues to roil the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, some Democratic-led states have struck out on their own, setting up new systems to help them assess the science and maintain immunization access for their residents.

7 Oct 2025

Why do females live longer in mammals but males in birds?

A global study reveals sexual selection influences life expectancy differences between sexes in mammals and birds, reshaping aging research and public health.

7 Oct 2025

Exercise beats yoga for improving heart and blood vessel health

Researchers compare the effects of physical exercise and yoga on cardiovascular function.

7 Oct 2025

PAHO concludes 62nd Directing Council with Strategic Plan 2026-2031 for healthier Americas

The 62nd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) concluded today, setting a bold agenda to address pressing health challenges across the Americas through the approval of the PAHO Strategic Plan 2026-2031 and key resolutions aimed at expanding access to high-cost high price health technologies, and preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).

6 Oct 2025

PAHO introduces new tool to accelerate disease elimination in the Americas

During a briefing session at the 62nd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), officials presented a new technical tool to help countries in the Region of the Americas accelerate the elimination of more than 30 communicable diseases and related conditions.

6 Oct 2025

PAHO Director calls for stronger cooperation in health financing and security

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa met on Wednesday October 1 with members of the Council of the Americas' Healthcare Series leadership group and with health authorities from Argentina, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, and Panama to advocate for stronger cooperation in health financing and security.

6 Oct 2025

Health authorities approve new plan to tackle NCDs in the Americas

Health authorities from across the Americas today approved a new 2025-2030 Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) during the 62nd Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

6 Oct 2025

PAHO and ORAS-CONHU renew cooperation agreement to strengthen Andean health systems

Today the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Andean Health Organization - Hipólito Unanue Agreement (ORAS-CONHU) extended the Memorandum of Understanding that consolidates their cooperation framework through 2029.

6 Oct 2025

PAHO and Haitian government unite to advance health equity and care

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Government of Haiti signed the 2026-2028 Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS), the first cooperation framework of its kind between the two, reaffirming their shared commitment to strengthening Haiti's health system and improving health outcomes for all.

6 Oct 2025

Why Democrats are casting the government shutdown as a health care showdown

Hours into the federal government shutdown, Julio Fuentes stood steps from the U.S. Capitol to deliver an urgent message about the Hispanic voting bloc that helped the GOP sweep into power last year.

6 Oct 2025

Milken Institute and Ann Theodore Foundation award over $2.5 million for sarcoidosis research

The Milken Institute Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration (SPARC), in partnership with the Ann Theodore Foundation (ATF), today announced that the Ann Theodore Foundation Breakthrough Sarcoidosis Initiative (ATF-BSI) has awarded five grants totaling more than $2.5 million to interdisciplinary research teams.

6 Oct 2025

$3.7 million grant supports research on perimenopause and its potential impacts on mental health

For decades, women's midlife experiences have been largely overlooked by medical research. Despite previous assumptions about midlife mental health risks, relatively little research has systematically investigated the connections between hormonal fluctuations and psychological symptoms.

6 Oct 2025

Study reveals gaps between parents’ perceptions and children’s actual sleep

While many parents assume that putting a child to bed means they will quickly be asleep, a new study from researchers at Brown University found that's often not the case.

6 Oct 2025

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Public Health News and Research

Prehabilitation program for older adults shows potential to improve postoperative outcomes

Protected areas of defined geographic zones may have unintended impacts on children’s diet

Tanzania turns to mass dog vaccination and smarter surveillance against rabies spread

Parent-focused interventions do not work to prevent childhood obesity

Can a short message change how we think about expired food?

Parkrun boosts life satisfaction and wellbeing

Rising temperatures put older hearts in danger

Wary of RFK Jr., Colorado started revamping its vaccine policies in the spring

Why do females live longer in mammals but males in birds?

Exercise beats yoga for improving heart and blood vessel health

PAHO concludes 62nd Directing Council with Strategic Plan 2026-2031 for healthier Americas

PAHO introduces new tool to accelerate disease elimination in the Americas

PAHO Director calls for stronger cooperation in health financing and security

Health authorities approve new plan to tackle NCDs in the Americas

PAHO and ORAS-CONHU renew cooperation agreement to strengthen Andean health systems

PAHO and Haitian government unite to advance health equity and care

Why Democrats are casting the government shutdown as a health care showdown

Milken Institute and Ann Theodore Foundation award over $2.5 million for sarcoidosis research

$3.7 million grant supports research on perimenopause and its potential impacts on mental health

Study reveals gaps between parents’ perceptions and children’s actual sleep

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