Namibia health news today: Cancer, Doctors and nurses, Diabetes
Google's edition for Namibia carries mostly international coverage; the country's own outlets appear among it.
Today's themes
Cancer (13) · Doctors and nurses (5) · Diabetes (4) · Vaccines (4) · Mental health (3) · Hepatitis (2) · Viruses (2) · Bird flu (1) · Dengue (1) · Ebola (1)
Mentions of tracked outbreaks
- Dengue Attention: elevated
Dengue Epidemiological Situation in the Region of the Americas - Epidemiological Week 38, 2026 ReliefWeb · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC - Ebola Bundibugyo virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda high
The Ebola crisis is far outpacing the response, Congo's IRC director says NPR · 19 Oct, 22:38 UTC - Hepatitis A outbreak, Costa Rica moderate
Projected Effect of 2026 Federal Changes to the Childhood Immunization Schedule on Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infections in the United States | Annals of Internal Medicine ACP Journals · 19 Oct, 21:55 UTC - Poliovirus (wild and vaccine-derived) Attention: elevated
Pakistan reports 7th polio case of the year, 1st case in Karachi in nearly 2 years Outbreak News Today · 19 Oct, 21:36 UTC - Avian influenza H5N1 Attention: high
CHMP Backs Extended Use of AstraZeneca H5N1 Pandemic Flu Vaccine Contagion Live · 19 Oct, 21:22 UTC - Hepatitis A outbreak, Costa Rica moderate
Study Warns of More Chronic Hepatitis B in the Years Ahead MedPage Today · 19 Oct, 21:16 UTC
All headlines
- Argonne's Aurora Supercomputer Powers 2 of the Largest Cosmological Simulations to Date HPCwire · 20 Oct, 03:26 UTC
- Scientists reach the ultimate quantum limit on a surface Science Daily · 20 Oct, 03:04 UTC
- Star Wars Funday Football Takes on Super Bowl LXI StarWars.com · 20 Oct, 02:56 UTC
- AI Tells Women To Negotiate For Flexibility And Men To Negotiate For Money, Study Finds Forbes · 20 Oct, 02:41 UTC
- NASA solves a strange mystery hidden inside asteroid Bennu’s boulders Science Daily · 20 Oct, 02:25 UTC
- ‘Open your doors for AI’: German chancellor urges businesses to embrace AI as Nvidia announces new investments CNBC · 20 Oct, 02:16 UTC
- Oh, bother! Starbucks celebrates 100 years of Winnie the Pooh Marketing-Interactive · 20 Oct, 02:15 UTC
- Pop star Macklemore to benefit pro-Palestinian group The Jerusalem Post · 20 Oct, 01:22 UTC
- A study of 62.5 million people reveals what broad ethnic labels miss about rare diseases News-Medical · 20 Oct, 01:13 UTC
- CNBC Daily Open: Tech investors buy the dip — but debt remains a concern CNBC · 20 Oct, 01:11 UTC
- Nanoscale tech tracks proteins inside living neurons to guide Alzheimer's and Parkinson's drug discovery Phys.org · 20 Oct, 01:00 UTC
- Oil eases as markets assess potential waiver on Russian energy, Middle East supply risks Reuters · 20 Oct, 00:58 UTC
- Witcher 3 Remastered Patch 5.01 Full Notes Live [2026] https://tech-insider.org/ · 20 Oct, 00:55 UTC
- Japan launches spacecraft to mysterious moons of Mars in a bold mission to bring home soil samples AP News · 20 Oct, 00:54 UTC
- Why painful arthritis can return stronger after cancer treatment Science Daily · 20 Oct, 00:50 UTC
- Germany’s Colonial Reckoning Returns to the Bundestag IDN-InDepthNews · 20 Oct, 00:34 UTC
- UFC champ Alexander Volkanovski sees two contenders standing out the most Yahoo Sports · 20 Oct, 00:30 UTC
- Single Vertebra Hints at Oldest Known Iberian Dinosaur Sci.News · 20 Oct, 00:27 UTC
- Could eating whey protein before meals help reduce blood sugar spikes? News-Medical · 20 Oct, 00:26 UTC
- Old Blood Cells Have Been Transformed Into Brain Stem Cells That Get Younger As They Age ScienceAlert · 20 Oct, 00:01 UTC
- How to Stream San Antonio Spurs 2026-27 NBA Season Games With DAZN The Hollywood Reporter · 19 Oct, 23:55 UTC
- Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram, Answers: Tuesday, October 20 (Duck Duck Goose) Yahoo News Singapore · 19 Oct, 23:50 UTC
- Molecular switch controls how cells load cargo for recycling Phys.org · 19 Oct, 23:40 UTC
- Fruit and sugary drinks stood out in a three-year study of teenage mental health News-Medical · 19 Oct, 23:39 UTC
- ‘Once-in-a-lifetime chance’: Japan launches historic mission to collect rocks from Mars’s moon Phobos The Guardian · 19 Oct, 23:38 UTC
- Lung cancer can grow silently for years, here’s who qualifies for screening Fox News · 19 Oct, 23:34 UTC
- Barbara Palvin Walked the Victoria’s Secret Show Six Weeks Postpartum The New York Times · 19 Oct, 23:33 UTC
- EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI seeks to accelerate fundraising ahead of Anthropic IPO, sources say Reuters · 19 Oct, 23:22 UTC
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina explains why he nearly quit tennis after winning Wimbledon juniors Yahoo Sports · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- Video: ‘UFC 333 Countdown’ full episode Yahoo Sports · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- Analysts Expect Touch-Screen MacBook Pro Debut at Apple’s Oct. 28 Event PYMNTS.com · 19 Oct, 22:58 UTC
- Embedded AI evaluators won’t be an easy solution, Hugging Face’s policy chief says TechCrunch · 19 Oct, 22:49 UTC
- Steve Kerr: Stephen Curry ‘fine’ after tweaking right ankle at Warriors practice NBA.com · 19 Oct, 22:40 UTC
- Researchers unlock new way to map molecular structure on surfaces Phys.org · 19 Oct, 22:40 UTC
- A Dyson Supersonic Nural is $78 off during Amazon's Holiday Beauty Event Mashable · 19 Oct, 22:39 UTC
- The Ebola crisis is far outpacing the response, Congo's IRC director says NPR · 19 Oct, 22:38 UTC
- New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests The Guardian · 19 Oct, 22:30 UTC
- The NU grad solving the “Frizzle problem” for women teaching science Northeastern Global News · 19 Oct, 22:21 UTC
- In Dublin, tech workers raise concerns about AI NPR · 19 Oct, 22:20 UTC
- Who speaks for Mars? Scientists call for ethical debate before terraforming begins Phys.org · 19 Oct, 22:20 UTC
Health
- Stroke survivor acted fast, but delays in treatment remain a concern The Straits Times · 20 Oct, 03:07 UTC
- GLP-1 Drugs and Mental Health: Effects on Depression and Anxiety News-Medical · 20 Oct, 02:52 UTC
- How GLP-1 Medications Affect PCOS, Fertility, and Pregnancy News-Medical · 20 Oct, 02:36 UTC
- Riboscience to Present First Overall Survival and Immune Activation Data from Phase 1b Study of ENPP1 Inhibitor RBS2418 as Monotherapy and in Combination in Advanced Metastatic Cancers Including MSS CRC, at ESMO 2026 BioSpace · 20 Oct, 01:40 UTC
- Q&A: How does technology help track foodborne pathogens and outbreaks? Phys.org · 20 Oct, 01:40 UTC
- A study of 62.5 million people reveals what broad ethnic labels miss about rare diseases News-Medical · 20 Oct, 01:13 UTC
- Why painful arthritis can return stronger after cancer treatment Science Daily · 20 Oct, 00:51 UTC
- Research shows risk-taking behavior precedes increased alcohol consumption, not vice versa Medical Xpress · 20 Oct, 00:40 UTC
- Could eating whey protein before meals help reduce blood sugar spikes? News-Medical · 20 Oct, 00:26 UTC
- Distinguished clinician-scientist Professor Marcus Ong is first Singaporean emergency medicine physician elected to National Academy of Medicine, USA Yahoo Finance · 20 Oct, 00:15 UTC
- Distinguished clinician-scientist Professor Marcus Ong is first Singaporean emergency medicine physician elected to National Academy of Medicine, USA Taiwan News · 20 Oct, 00:15 UTC
- Three Laboratory Advances Reshaping a More Proactive Future for R&D Technology Networks · 20 Oct, 00:08 UTC
- Early Findings Indicate Multiomic Atlas Maps Bipolar Disorder Risk at Single-Cell Resolution Technology Networks · 20 Oct, 00:06 UTC
- Physician Views Results: Leqembi's dosing makeover keeps IV in the spotlight FirstWord Pharma · 20 Oct, 00:04 UTC
- Ketamine linked to modest reduction in early postpartum depression symptoms after caesarean section FirstWord Pharma · 20 Oct, 00:01 UTC
- New 4D biofabrication technology holds promise for tissue engineering, wound healing Phys.org · 19 Oct, 23:40 UTC
- Fruit and sugary drinks stood out in a three-year study of teenage mental health News-Medical · 19 Oct, 23:39 UTC
- Lung cancer can grow silently for years, here’s who qualifies for screening Fox News · 19 Oct, 23:34 UTC
- The Reading Room Podcast: A Closer Look at New Research on 177Lu-Edotreotide for Treating GEP-NETs Diagnostic Imaging · 19 Oct, 23:25 UTC
- Higher ADK levels track stronger triciribine effects in leukemia cells, pointing to a potential biomarker Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 23:20 UTC
- Body clock imbalance and genes jointly increase psoriasis risk EurekAlert! · 19 Oct, 23:19 UTC
- How to prevent osteoporosis, from strength training to eating calcium-rich food South China Morning Post · 19 Oct, 23:15 UTC
- How to prevent osteoporosis, from training to eating calcium-rich food South China Morning Post · 19 Oct, 23:15 UTC
- LC–MS/MS Tracks Drugs in Australian Wastewater Chromatography Online · 19 Oct, 23:06 UTC
- Medical Journal Article Redefines ‘Infertility’ Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC
- Dengue Epidemiological Situation in the Region of the Americas - Epidemiological Week 38, 2026 ReliefWeb · 19 Oct, 23:03 UTC
- Breast cancer awareness advocate seeks to teach about risk to all people WAMC · 19 Oct, 23:02 UTC
- DNA once dismissed as 'noise' reveals new bacterial species in prostate cancer patients Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 23:00 UTC
- Comment on Johnsen et al. Achieving at Least 15% Weight Loss Within 2 Years of Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis Is Associated With Lower Risks of Macrovascular and Microvascular Complications: A U.K. Cohort Study diabetesjournals.org · 19 Oct, 22:51 UTC
- Palisades Therapeutics Highlights a Shared Inflammatory Mechanism Across Chronic Diseases in Frontiers in Pharmacology FirstWord Pharma · 19 Oct, 22:47 UTC
- The Ebola crisis is far outpacing the response, Congo's IRC director says NPR · 19 Oct, 22:38 UTC
- Adult-Onset Autoimmune Diabetes in a Physician: Diagnostic Uncertainty and Insulin Acceptance in a Case Consistent With Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) Cureus · 19 Oct, 22:36 UTC
- Virtual Pulmonary Rehab and Matched Care, With Omid Pourshahid, MD HCPLive · 19 Oct, 22:32 UTC
- New research shows how microplastics and water interactions could lead to cell damage The Columbian · 19 Oct, 22:30 UTC
- New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests The Guardian · 19 Oct, 22:30 UTC
- Embryos harbor immune cells that already perform adult-like defense functions, study suggests Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 22:20 UTC
- £4 million awarded to develop vaccines that protect livestock and tackle growing biosecurity threat EurekAlert! · 19 Oct, 22:07 UTC
- Honey bee hives have ‘living immune systems’ which defend against disease The Conversation · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC
- Beehives act as 'living immune systems' with layered antimicrobial defenses Phys.org · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC
- Home sensor system could spot loneliness in older adults Medical Xpress · 19 Oct, 22:00 UTC