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Long periods of extreme heat can accelerate biological age, scientists say
Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Longer periods of extreme heat has been found to accelerate biological age in older adults by up to two years, according to new research.More heat days ...
Feb 26, 2025
Measles death of unvaccinated child in Texas outbreak is 1st fatality in US in a decade
BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(LUBBOCK, Texas) -- An unvaccinated school-aged child in Texas has died of measles, the first associated with an outbreak in the western part of the st...
Feb 26, 2025
Over 60 deaths linked to 'unknown disease' in Congo: WHO
A general view of the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 28, 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland. (Harold Cunningham/Getty Images)(DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO) -- At least 60 people have died and over...
Feb 26, 2025
New coronavirus found in bats is not currently 'concern to public health': CDC
Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday that the new coronavirus found in bats is currently not a cause for c...
Feb 25, 2025
Flu activity 'elevated' in US but showing signs of abating, CDC data shows
(PonyWang/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Flu activity remains "elevated" in the United States but is starting to show signs of abating, according to new federal data published Friday.The 2024-25 flu seaso...
Feb 22, 2025
Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, largest in over 30 years
BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The number of measles cases linked to an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 90, according to new data released on Friday.Almost all o...
Feb 21, 2025
Personal vaccine may reduce risk of pancreatic cancer returning after surgery, small study finds
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A personalized mRNA vaccine may reduce the risks of pancreatic cancer returning after surgery, according to a preliminary study published Wednesday in ...
Feb 20, 2025
States with abortion bans see more births but also more infant deaths, studies show
Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- New research shows the far-reaching effects of the abortion bans that have proliferated the United States since the Supreme Court struck down Roe...
Feb 18, 2025
RFK Jr. has questioned rising autism rates. Here's what experts say he gets wrong about the disorder
(ATU Images/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- During his confirmation hearings two weeks ago to lead the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated several unfounded cl...
Feb 13, 2025
Weight loss drug Semaglutide may reduce alcohol cravings, heavy drinking and smoking, new study finds
Photo by Roberto Pfeil/picture alliance via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Semaglutide, a medication widely used for diabetes and weight loss, may offer another unexpected benefit -- it could help people d...
Feb 12, 2025