Quite abruptly, the world has jolted into another infectious-disease crisis. On Friday, Africa CDC confirmed a new Ebola outbreak, centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; within two days, the World Health...
A health worker monitors visitors arriving at the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 19, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP via Getty...
Federal and state governments have mobilised to address the largest outbreak of diphtheria in recent memory, with the Commonwealth preparing a support package to bolster vaccination rates for a disease once considered...
Exercise may do far more than strengthen the heart and muscles. New research suggests regular aerobic activity can physically reshape the nervous system that controls the heartbeat, altering key nerve clusters...
Two of the largest cookware conglomerates in the world are suing a six-year-old startup over claims of false advertising in regard to non-stick cookware. Groupe SEB USA (the maker of T-Fal and All-Clad) and Meyer...
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the two vice chairs of the U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) -- John Wong, MD, of Tufts Medical Center in Boston, and Esa Davis, MD, MPH, of the University of...
Most people know the routine. You step on a scale and get a BMI score that labels you as underweight, normal, overweight, or obese. For years, doctors have used BMI to judge health risks linked to weight. But new...
The world is more at risk of a pandemic and less safe from deadly viral outbreaks now than it was before COVID, a major pandemic preparedness report found. “The evidence is clear: health, economic, social and political...
The World Health Organization on Tuesday voiced concern about the "scale and speed" of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has killed an estimated 131 people, and warned it could be lengthy. The...
The idea of drinking during pregnancy sounds like a generational punchline: Someone’s grandmother drank beer to fatten her fetus, another had a nightly martini to get a healthy amount of sleep — presumably unthinkable...
May 19, 2026, 9:20 a.m. ET Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo ―Twenty-six more suspected Ebola deaths were recorded in 24 hours in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said on Tuesday, and the head of the...
National Gout Awareness Day is held every year on May 22. During this day, the Gout Education Society amplifies its efforts to raise public awareness of gout – an extremely painful form of inflammatory arthritis, which...
{'text': 'FILE: San Jose, Calif.'} {'text': 'Getty'} {'text': 'With summer right around the corner, cold and flu season should be long behind us, but recent wastewater data shows that respiratory illnesses still have an...
{'text': 'WARNING: This story contains pictures of a surgery.'} {'text': 'At his heaviest, Fili Fili weighed about 300 kilograms.'} {'text': "He still doesn't know exactly how heavy he was — 300 was just the number his...
Prescribing is one of the most common things physicians do, and can be one of the most frustrating. Writing the prescription is the easy part. But everything that follows it takes time: coverage questions, pharmacy...
{'text': 'One American has tested positive for a rare strain of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and six others have been exposed, the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said...
{'text': 'Zorgverleners passen steeds vaker palliatieve sedatie toe. Mensen van wie de levensverwachting maximaal twee weken is, krijgen dan medicijnen waardoor ze het sterven niet bewust meemaken, maar slapend...
{'text': 'Ismail Harerimana grew up in Uganda not knowing why he was always sick.'} {'text': 'His childhood in the 1990s was a string of recurrent infections: malaria, diarrhea, headaches, and skin rashes. By 14, he was...
I recently wrote about babies dying from a rare but fatal condition called vitamin K deficiency bleeding. To report the story, I analyzed hundreds of rows of data, contacted more than 50 hospitals and birthing centers,...
{'text': "Australia's chemical regulator has approved an emergency permit for double-strength mouse baits for grain paddocks amid mouse plagues in Western Australia and South Australia's farming regions."} {'text':...
{'text': 'A woman was left “traumatized and humiliated” after being forced to give birth while handcuffed to a bench inside a New York courtroom after being held in custody for over 24 hours, a legal aid group has...