New York Reports First Locally Acquired Chikungunya Virus Case in Six Years
MINEOLA, N.Y. — A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say...
FDA Reviews Mifepristone Safety, Raising Concerns About Access
The US Food and Drug Administration is reviewing evidence about the safety and efficacy of one of the drugs used...
FDA Approves Roche Blood Test to Help Rule Out Alzheimer’s
The US Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to another blood test to help assess Alzheimer’s disease and other...
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...
