Health

The Summary Cases of Valley fever, a fungal infection, have been climbing in California in recent years. Five cases identified among people who attended a music festival in the state...

Pakistan is one of only two countries in the world where the poliovirus is still endemic – the other being neighbouring Afghanistan. Since 2015, Pakistan has reported 362 polio cases,...

Another study is raising concern about the safety of the widely used sugar alcohol sweetener erythritol, a low-calorie sugar substitute found in “keto-friendly” foods, baked goods and candies. Researchers from...

How often do you clean your microwave? Chances are, it’s probably not enough. It’s easy to assume that the powerful radiation in a microwave oven is enough to kill any...

Teams of researchers are working on diabetes cures around the world. We have seen a few promising developments in recent weeks. One group of researchers developed a dual-drug diabetes therapy...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called an emergency meeting to discuss a jump in mpox cases spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...

Women who spend time on TikTok are at a greater risk of disliking their own bodies and feeling worse about their appearance — especially if they’ve been exposed to pro-anorexia...

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a ban on a weedkiller, saying it poses a threat to the health of farmworkers, pregnant women, and unborn babies. The pesticide, known as DCPA...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Carrie Robinette, a patient advocate with Kyverna. It has been edited for length and clarity. Next month, my husband, Jared, and...

Over the past few years, ultra-processed foods have been the subject of myriad new stories, Instagram posts, and dinner party conversations. But all the chatter about this hot topic may...