The United States has recorded 4,410 confirmed measles cases in 2026, more than double the total reported throughout 2025 and the highest level of transmission since 1991, according to the Centers for
Sri Lanka has deployed military drones and expanded armed forces support in an intensified campaign to combat the country’s worst dengue outbreak in almost a decade after infections surpassed 77,000 and the
More
Global childhood immunization is continuing its slow recovery from the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but millions of children remain beyond the reach of even the most basic vaccines, leaving health
More
The rapid growth of audio erotica is reshaping a corner of the digital entertainment industry that has long existed outside the mainstream, with subscription-based platforms attracting predominantly female audiences through stories that
More
Global cancer cases are expected to increase sharply over the coming decades, with annual diagnoses projected to rise from about 20.6 million in 2024 to 35 million by 2050, according to a
More
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday that it is making available more than $281 million in grant funding to support programmes addressing addiction, overdose prevention and
More
When a well-known actor suffered a stroke, the damage appeared to threaten the very foundation of his career. Left with aphasia — a condition that affects the ability to speak — he
More
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approached Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers for urgent assistance in securing supplies of ifosfamide, a critical cancer medicine facing shortages in the United States, according to
More
Long before a person begins to forget names, faces, or familiar places, the brain is already fighting a hidden battle. As nerve cells gradually die and connections between them disappear, the brain
More The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced more than $700 million in new funding opportunities aimed at expanding mental health services, addressing substance use disorders and supporting communities dealing
More
A new potential benefit has emerged for the latest generation of obesity medications: they may help improve male fertility by increasing testosterone levels and enhancing sperm quality, according to a preliminary review
More
For nearly three years, Casey Harrell has lived with a device embedded in his brain that has transformed how he communicates. Paralyzed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive disease that gradually
More
A major new assessment from the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed the staggering global toll of unsafe food, estimating that contaminated food causes around 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths
More
A renewed Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is raising urgent questions about whether the world has truly learned the lessons of past pandemics. According to reporting from Nature,
More
“How can we allow the tobacco industry to fill its coffers while we, the people, have to empty our pockets to fend for and suffer all the harms the tobacco industry has
More
Researchers have unveiled major advances in the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease, with new studies suggesting that subtle biological warning signs can now be identified up to a decade before patients develop
More