By Carol Ann Weber Although heart disease is sometimes thought of as a man’s disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost as many women as men die each year of heart disease in the United States. Despite an increase in awareness over the past decades, only about half (56%) of […]
A pack of Philip Morris International Inc. Marlboro Gold cigarettes seen in a Tobacco Store. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images LONDON — Tobacco group Philip Morris International has reportedly said it plans to stop selling cigarettes in the U.K. in 10 years’ time. It could bring an end to the cigarette maker’s flagship […]
Health workers chat near an ambulance at the parking lot of the Steve Biko Academic Hospital, amid a nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Pretoria, South Africa, January 11, 2021. Siphiwe Sibeko | Reuters African nations are bracing for what is expected to be the continent’s worst wave of Covid-19 yet, with vaccine supplies continuing […]
