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• Global Study Reveals WHO-Recommended Antibiotics Fail in 75 Percent of Neonatal Sepsis Cases in Developing Nations

  Published: Apr 21, 2026

  Section: Medical News

  A major multi-country study presented at ESCMID Global 2026 has found that the World Health Organization’s first-line antibiotic treatment for neonatal sepsis is ineffective agains...

• Cochrane Review Confirms Chlorhexidine Reduces Newborn Umbilical Infections by 29% in Low-Income Settings

  Published: Mar 26, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  A systematic review of 18 randomized controlled trials involving over 143,000 newborns has found that applying 4% chlorhexidine to the umbilical cord stump significantly lowers inf...

• Rising Global Temperatures Projected to Cause 700,000 Additional Annual Deaths by 2050 Due to Physical Inactivity

  Published: Mar 23, 2026

  Section: Environment

  A new modeling study published in The Lancet warns that climate change is driving a "silent shift" toward sedentary lifestyles as extreme heat makes physical exertion dangerous. Re...

• International Climate Equity Policies May Inadvertently Limit Millions of Life-Saving Air Quality Gains in Developing Nations

  Published: Mar 17, 2026

  Section: Science & Tech

  A multi-national study led by the University of Texas at Austin reveals that shifting the carbon mitigation burden to wealthy nations can reduce local air quality benefits in low-i...