[ad_1] April 18, 2024 9:30 PM EDT A Covid-19 patient with a weakened immune system incubated a highly mutated novel strain over 613 days before succumbing...
[ad_1] (BANGKOK) — Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a...
[ad_1] If you’re feeling—yawn—sleepy or tired while you read this and wish you could get some more shut-eye, you’re not alone. A majority of Americans say...
[ad_1] Whooping cough is making a post-pandemic comeback in China, with cases surging more than 20-fold in the first two months of 2024. The world’s second-most...
[ad_1] Pfizer Inc.’s RSV shot produced immune reactions in young adults at higher risk of severe illness just as well as in older people, spurring the...
[ad_1] April 5, 2024 3:48 PM EDT COVID-19 became the second leading cause of death globally in the year after it was declared a pandemic, according...
[ad_1] Researchers believe they have discovered a new biological mechanism for obesity, pointing to rare variants on two genes that dramatically increase the risk of carrying...
[ad_1] DAMASCUS, Syria— An Israeli airstrike destroyed the consular section of Iran’s embassy in Syria, killing a senior Iranian military adviser and several others, Syrian officials...
[ad_1] LONDON — British counterterrorism police are investigating the stabbing of an Iranian television presenter outside his home in London as concern grows over threats to...
[ad_1] NEW YORK — The number of U.S. tuberculosis cases in 2023 were the highest in a decade, according to a new government report. Forty states...
[ad_1] NEW YORK — U.S. health officials are warning of an increase in rare bacterial illnesses than can lead to meningitis and possible death. The Centers...
[ad_1] Thailand’s lawmakers passed a legislation to recognize same-sex marriage, paving the way for the country to become the first in Southeast Asia to guarantee marriage...
[ad_1] March 25, 2024 9:45 PM EDT Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency over dengue, a mosquito-borne illness that has surged throughout the Americas this...
[ad_1] The firing of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend after allegations of illegal gambling and theft from the Japanese baseball player...
[ad_1] March 20, 2024 9:54 PM EDT Some dermatologists are recommending that people refrigerate benzoyl peroxide products such as Proactiv and Clearasil after an independent lab...
[ad_1] LONDON — Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is imposing stricter limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment after finding a higher-than-expected cancer risk at...
[ad_1] NEW YORK — U.S. marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels with nearly 2.1 million in 2022. That’s a 4% increase from the year before. The...
[ad_1] DALLAS — Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul Alexander managed to train himself to breathe on his own for...
[ad_1] NEW YORK — For years, scientists have known people who use neti pots can become infected with a brain-eating amoeba if they use the wrong...