Public Health

A silent and pervasive threat is contaminating global water systems as pharmaceuticals, designed to be stable within the human body, prove to be equally resilient in the environment. Compounds like the antiepileptic drug carbamazepine are continuously released into waterways, bypassing conventional

The journey for a promising new drug from laboratory discovery to a patient's bedside can often span two decades, a timeline that represents a significant barrier to advancing public health and treating critical illnesses. This protracted and costly process is a widely acknowledged bottleneck in

Health authorities in Bangladesh have officially confirmed a local outbreak of the Zika virus, with ten laboratory-confirmed cases identified in and around the capital city of Dhaka between September and December 2024, providing conclusive evidence of domestic transmission and raising significant

A comprehensive analysis of global health data collected over three decades has delivered a sobering message about the escalating burden of prostate cancer among men aged 65 and older. This systematic review, which examined trends from 1990 through 2021, reveals a significant and continuous upward

A new generation of pharmaceutical trade agreements is fundamentally reshaping the landscape of global healthcare, moving beyond abstract economic frameworks to become practical, patient-centric instruments designed to directly enhance the accessibility, affordability, and predictability of

The silent, invisible spread of a novel virus across continents has become a defining challenge of our time, demanding a response that moves faster than the pathogen itself. In this high-stakes race, traditional epidemiological methods of contact tracing and symptom monitoring, while still