News in Numbers

The total prevalence of Alzheimer’s cases in the eight major markets will reach an estimated 22.51 million by 2033, as per GlobalData analysis. 

4.5% post-COVID-19 participants met ME/CFS diagnostic criteria, compared to 0.6% participants that had not been infected by SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to new findings from the National Institutes of Health.

Eight people have likely died from an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in a northwestern region of Tanzania, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Ireland's 900 health data systems makes gathering information challenging,  professor Deirdre Murray of the National Cancer Registry told attendees at the inaugural All-Island Forum on Cancer Data in Limerick, Ireland.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed capping nicotine levels at 0.7 milligrams per gram of tobacco in cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products in a bid to combat smoking rates in the US.