Wuri Bailo Keita's daughter Fatoumatta is just one of 69 Gambian children to die of acute kidney failure since July Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) – When Wuri Bailo Keita's two-year-old daughter Fatoumatta de

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A leading obesity doctor and scientist says she's comfortable with her patient being 300 pounds. Obesity is much more complex than bad diet and exercise, but many doctors are still poorly informed.

There's a spike in respiratory illness among children — and it's not just COVID Enlarge this image toggle caption Christophe Ena/AP Christophe Ena/AP The United States is seeing a significant spike

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CNN — Colonoscopies are a dreaded rite of passage for many middle-age adults. The promise has been that if you endure the awkwardness and invasiveness of having a camera travel the length of your lar

Twenty-six-year-old Richard (name changed upon request), who work in the marine industry in the United States, was first diagnosed with a kidney stone in November 2016. Since the 9mm stone couldn’t p

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But the doctors and nurses themselves are also having to deal with the fact that, as federal employees, they have not been paid since May last year. Dr Fasika gets sent money from friends and family a

But the doctors and nurses themselves are also having to deal with the fact that, as federal employees, they have not been paid since May last year. Dr Fasika gets sent money from friends and family a

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — The vast majority of Americans of all ages, races, generations and background

Vegetarians have around twice as many depressive episodes as meat-eaters, according to a new study. The study, based on survey data from Brazil, chimes with earlier research that found higher rates o

State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo Issues New mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo has announced new guidance regarding mRNA va

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Download the media kit, which contains still photos, interviews and B-roll video, at https://ucdavis.health/mediakit Three babies have been born after receiving the world’s first spina bifida treatme

The outbreak has already spread to five districts, and there are no proven vaccines for this species of the virus. Health-care workers walk outside an Ebola isolation unit at a hospital in Mubende, U

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Toxic air pollution particles have been found in the lungs, livers and brains of unborn babies, long before they have taken their first breath. Researchers said their “groundbreaking” discovery was “v

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Holy mackerel! Could eating salmon, cod, tuna, herring or sardines keep our brains healthy and our thinking agile in middle age? New research makes this connection. Contact: Will Sansom, (210) 567-25

Medhin Gereziher, 1, is treated for malnutrition at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Babies are dying in their first month of lif