Ebola outbreak in Congo is over, health officials declare
KINSHASA, Congo — Congo announced the end of the country’s 16th Ebola outbreak on Monday. “To date, the DRC has...
Delhi toxic air making children sick as crisis grows
The toxic haze shrouding the Indian capital, Delhi, spares no-one, but its children are counting the biggest cost of the...
Brain development milestones: how adolescence lasts to 32
The brain goes through five distinct phases in life, with key turning points at ages nine, 32, 66 and 83,...
Measles outbreak in South Carolina reveals vaccine misinformation risk
Near the back corner of the local library’s parking lot, largely out of view from the main road, the South...
Autism and vaccines: what parents need to know now
Until last week, parents who looked at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website on autism and vaccines...
CDC leadership shift as Louisiana surgeon general joins agency
Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as a state surgeon general ordered health officials to stop promoting mass vaccination, will serve as...
Semaglutide Alzheimer’s trial shows no slowdown in disease
An oral version of semaglutide, the active ingredient in blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, failed to slow the progression of...
Missing first mammogram risk tied to higher cancer deaths
Women who miss their first screening appointment for breast cancer could have a 40% higher long-term risk of dying from the disease,...
