Unemployed people living with obesity could be given new weight loss jabs to help them get back into work, the health secretary has said.

The way patient safety is regulated and monitored is to be completely overhauled in England, the health secretary has announced.

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Supplies of a highly nutritious treatment are running out, according to UNICEF.Nearly two million children may die of malnutrition because a product used to treat the condition is in short supply, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Monday.Four countries — Mali, Nigeria, Niger and Chad — have exhausted their supplies of the peanut-based, high-nutrient product, called ready-to-use therapeutic food, or are on the brink of doing so. Another eight nations, including South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, could run out by mid-2025.“Urgent action is needed now to save the lives of nearly two million children who are fighting this silent killer,” Victor Aguayo, UNICEF’s director for child nutrition and development, said in a statement.Severe acute malnutrition, or wasting, can result from poor nutrition during gestation and in infancy, limited access to safe drinking water, and relentless attacks by multiple infections.The children may be stunted and may have prominent ribs and other bones, dry skin and brittle hair. They are diagnosed with the condition when they have a very low weight for their height (or length, in the case of infants); a mid-upper arm circumference of less than 4.5 inches; or a buildup of fluid in the legs, arms and face.Severe acute malnutrition affects an estimated 19 million children under the age of 5 worldwide and may account for about 400,000 deaths among children each year, according to the World Health Organization.Children who are severely malnourished have weak immune defenses, leaving them vulnerable to the diseases that circulate in poorer countries, particularly in crisis zones, such as diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria and measles.UNICEF relies on ready-to-use therapeutic food to treat children with severe wasting. Other organizations use similar products to help children at less serious stages of malnutrition. Children may need the food, along with medical care, for up to eight weeks before they are beyond danger.UNICEF estimated that in 2023, the food reached about 73 percent of the children in need and averted the deaths of 1.2 million children younger than 5.But war, civil conflicts, climate change and economic crises that have derailed global supply chains have all contributed to hunger emergencies, as have prolonged droughts and floods in the Sahel region of Africa.In Mali, supplies of the food began running low in late July. In Chad and Niger, it is expected to run out by the end of this month, and in Cameroon by the end of the year.Since 2022, UNICEF has raised about $933 million to support its malnutrition programs. It is now calling for donations of $165 million to refresh supplies of R.U.T.F., in addition to a $100 million donation that the United States recently made.

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall, which one of its commissioners said was “doomed to fail.”After at least five infants died while sleeping in a product made by Fisher-Price, the company has recalled more than two million of the product, the Snuga Swing, because it poses a suffocation risk, according to the recall.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Fisher-Price announced the recall on Thursday.There were reports that five infants, who were one month to three months old, had died between 2012 and 2022 while the product was being used for sleep, the recall said.“In most of those incidents, the infants were unrestrained and bedding materials were added to the product,” it said.The recall said the product should never be used for sleep and that consumers should immediately remove the headrest and the body support insert before “continuing to use the swing for awake-time activities.”However, a commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Richard L. Trumka Jr., said in a statement that the latest recall was “doomed to fail and will keep many babies in harm’s way.”“Merely warning parents to stop using these products for sleep now will not be as effective as removing them from homes and day cares,” he said. “Fisher-Price cannot un-ring the bell. Dangerous products will remain in homes after this recall.”We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.

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Vice President Kamala Harris released a letter on Saturday from her White House doctor, who said she is in “excellent health” and is successfully managing some minor health issues.Ms. Harris, 59, has seasonal allergies, mild nearsightedness and skin hives that she treats with over-the-counter and prescription medication, wrote Joshua R. Simmons, the physician to the vice president.“Vice President Harris remains in excellent health,” Dr. Simmons wrote in a two-page letter that appeared to be a summary but not a complete medical report. “She possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the presidency, to include those as chief executive, head of state and commander in chief.”Ms. Harris has not had diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis or neurological disorders, Dr. Simmons wrote.The release of Ms. Harris’s medical information comes as her rival, former President Donald J. Trump, who at 78 is the oldest person to become a presidential nominee, has refused to reveal similar basic health information. Neither candidate for the White House has allowed journalists to ask additional questions of their physicians.Because presidential candidates are under no requirement to share health records — their medical information is as private as any other citizen’s — campaign-season medical reports are often used to paint the rosiest picture possible of a person running for office. With only weeks until Election Day, Ms. Harris’s campaign is trying to contrast the release of her medical information with Mr. Trump’s refusal to do so and ignite questions about her opponent’s health.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.