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Lead poisoning may be one of the most overlooked challenges in global health, education, and development. Exposure to lead creates a multi-pronged and permanent attack on these children’s health and development during their vulnerable and formative early years, with devastating lifelong effects. Lead exposure is associated with cognitive deficits, lower educational attainment, behavioral disorders, violence, and reduced lifetime earnings. Though data is patchy, estimates suggest that lead exposure may cause 900,000 deaths and 1 trillion dollars in economic losses every year. 

DR. Rhonda Sealey-Thomas, a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda, has been sworn in as the new Assistant Director of the Pan American Health...

Pan American Health Organization Deputy Director Rhonda Sealey-Thomas of Antigua and Barbuda said Thursday that non-communicable diseases, climate change, the capacity for resilient health systems, and the urgent need to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response were the main health challenges for the region.

The Campinas Health Department has issued a new alert confirming an increase in dengue cases in the city, a disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti

Scientists have taken an important step forward in predicting who will develop Type 1 diabetes months before symptoms appear.