Global Life Expectancy Rebounds, But Youth Deaths Are Rising
Humans are living 20 years longer than they were in 1950, according to new research with all 204 countries and...
US Measles Outbreaks Push 2025 Cases to Record High
A deadly measles outbreak in Texas ended in August, but outbreaks in other parts of the United States continue to add...
Kennedy Repeats Unproven Tylenol-Autism Claims Amid Cabinet Meeting
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Thursday reasserted the unproven link between the pain reliever Tylenol and autism, and suggested people who...
Fiji Faces Alarming Surge in HIV Linked to Drug Use
Ten: that’s the age of the youngest person with HIV that Sesenieli Naitala has ever met. When she first started...
WHO Warns of Rising Global Vaping Addiction
More than 100 million people, including at least 15 million children, use e-cigarettes, fuelling a new wave of nicotine addiction,...
Man Lives 171 Days After Genetically Modified Pig Liver Transplant
Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after...
Trust in RFK Jr. and CDC Falls Amid Vaccine Policy Changes
Most of the American public does not approve of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running the nation’s health...
FDA Generic Abortion Pill Approval Sparks Conservative Backlash
WASHINGTON — Federal officials have approved another generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, a regulatory formality that quickly triggered...
Gene Therapy AMT-130 Shows Promise in Slowing Huntington’s Disease
Scientists may have discovered the first therapy for Huntington’s disease, a brain disorder that until now has had no effective treatments. Researchers...
