News in Numbers

The World Health Organization has launched a global program to educate 25% of nurses and midwives from 25 low- and middle-income countries on emergency care before YE 2025.

Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of the fraudulent blood-testing startup Theranos, started her 11-year prison sentence on May 30.

The International Monetary Fund estimates the growth in the Asia Pacific region to be at 4.6% in 2023, while more specifically China will grow at the rate of 5.2%.

The number of reported cases of syphilis in the US grew by 32% in 2021 compared to the previous year, as per a recent surveillance report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A U.S. District Judge entered a judgment against Precision Lens and its owner, Paul Ehlen, for more than $487 million in a kickback case.