United States: According to an expert report, a diet consisting of plant foods and including minimal ultra-processed foods and moderate fish and dairy amounts leads people to avoid developing chronic disease until age 70, according to new study findings. 

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According to Nature Medicine research, which revealed diet information from more than 105,000 middle-aged adults, less than 9 percent of these individuals would reach age 70 with normal cognitive functioning, no major health problems, and standard mobility abilities. 

Participation in research demonstrated that maintaining nutritious eating choices would help individuals reach their life goals. 

Research on healthy aging diets involved eight different food plans, including Mediterranean diets alongside strictly plant-based diet options and diet plans designed for lowering blood pressure and inflammation control. 

According to the study author, Marta Guasch-Ferré, an adjunct associate professor of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, “What most of these diets had in common was that they were rich in fruit and vegetables, whole grains, unsaturated fat, nuts, legumes and then low in processed meat, sugars and trans fat,” NBC News reported. 

Research has demonstrated that eating diets loaded with fruits and vegetables leads to reduced cholesterol profiles and blood pressure and decreased probabilities of heart disease along with cancer. 

What more are the experts stating? 

The majority of studies have failed to analyze the complete life impact on aging individuals, according to Guasch-Ferré. 

“It’s not just about living longer but also maintaining good health in the later stages of life,” she added. 

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. uses his platform to assert that Americans should stop using food additives and eating processed foods because these practices are causing the United States to experience increasing rates of chronic diseases. 

A 30-year examination involving people aged 39 to 69 was conducted during the time period from 1986 through 2016. 

The group utilized in the study came from healthcare databases, which implies that they might represent healthier individuals than usual populations. 

The researchers conducted assessments for mental and physical capability alongside screening evaluations for 11 various chronic illnesses, including cancer and diabetes, together with stroke, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease. 

United States: A 10% increase in tuberculosis-related infections was reported by WHO on Monday after the disease spread further throughout European children and demands immediate public health action. 

WHO statistics for their European region indicate that more than 7,500 children under 15 years of age developed Tuberculosis in 2023 compared to a previous year’s total of 7,850 cases. 

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“The worrying rise in children with TB serves as a reminder that progress against this preventable and curable disease remains fragile,” as stated Hans Henri Kluge, WHO’s Regional Director for Europe. 

Regional TB advisor Askar Yedilbayev from the WHO European region stated in an interview that the increased number of total cases might represent better diagnostic capabilities, Reuters reported. 

Higher movement between Russia and Ukraine during wartime has amplified the tuberculosis burden in these two nations with the largest disease rates in the area. 

Rising cases among the children 

TB cases among children under 15 years old composed 4.3% of total infections as established by the joint WHO-European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control report concerning the European Union. 

Yedilbayev emphasized the “worrisome scenario” regarding this data because the teenage population has shown a continuous upward trend in TB cases in the previous three years. 

WHO warned that international donor reductions in support would eliminate the progress made toward controlling TB infections in developing nations. 

WHO asserts that reducing funding diminishes non-EU country TB programs, resulting in the emergence of hard-to-treat bacteriological strains, Reuters reported. 

The decrease in resources has resulted in workforce reductions within the local diagnostic and treatment teams, according to Yedilbayev. 

United States: Since its detection in North America late in 2021, Bird flu has destroyed poultry and dairy facilities while dramatically increasing the US egg prices. 

Bird flu has infected over 170 species of North American wild birds, including ducks, geese, gulls, owls, eagles, and other species. 

Experts recommend that safety measures be taken when dealing with sick or dead wild birds. 

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The presence of bird feeders remains permitted even as the bird flu situation develops. 

Scientists confirm that low risk currently exists for general human populations despite bird flu transmissions across wild species and various birds, AP News reported. 

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Since the virus started spreading, the US Agriculture Department (USDA) has confirmed the presence of bird flu in more than 12,000 individual birds. 

The federal disease monitoring figures represent only “a gross underestimate” because scientists never analyze almost all bird carcasses through testing, according to Bryan Richards, who leads the US Geological Survey’s National Wildlife Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin. 

Moreover, dabbling ducks, like mallards and blue-winged teal, can carry the virus with few symptoms because “these viruses co-evolved in waterfowl,” added Richards. 

Bird Flu Crisis Escalates 

The virus also spreads through feces and saliva from ducks, which causes disease transmission to additional birds or mammals, including foxes. 

Large bird populations gathered in flocks, such as goose colonies, experience the highest deaths if they lack intrinsic virus resistance. 

The outbreak of bird flu infected between 15,000 to 25,000 eared grebes near the Great Salt Lake, as reported by Utah state wildlife officials during the initial weeks of February. 

The practice of seabirds roosting together in big numbers leads to high impacts during outbreaks, AP News reported. 

According to Michael J. Parr of the American Bird Conservancy, songbirds like Northern cardinals and blue jays, alongside chickadees, may become infected and die, although their populations seem to survive better because birds do not cluster in big groups, enabling virus transmission.