Health

California school district halts pesticide use after parents demand answers on rare childhood cancer cluster in Orange County.

Bay Area COVID wastewater concentrations rose 136% in July, with more than half of monitored sites now reporting high levels.

Coffee has long been treated with caution in cardiology offices, largely because caffeine can temporarily raise heart rate and blood pressure.

People in communities thousands of miles apart have described the same strange experience after eating a mysterious mushroom: vivid visions of tiny humans moving through and interacting with the physical world around them. Known as Lilliputian hallucinations—…

For Tennessee-based TikTok food reviewer Christina Hart, cyclosporiasis left her feeling "miserable" and worried her account was in jeopardy.

A flesh-eating bacteria found in warm coastal waters is responsible for at least five deaths so far this year in Louisiana, state health officials reported Thursday.

A Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with aggressive cancer due to a labeling error and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy. Cassandra Barksdale and her attorneys filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kaiser Permanente. Barksdale was 43 when she underwent …

New research suggests eating less protein may support healthy aging and longevity, but the potential benefits may depend on factors such as age, activity level, and overall health.

The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control pledged to deploy a vaccine for a previous Ebola strain in the current DRC outbreak, with test cases indicated a potentially live-saving level of protection. African health authorities say they would start us…

In the US, about a quarter of a million people die each year from alcohol and drug-related illness, despite proven medical treatments for addiction. So why aren’t doctors prescribing them more? This episode was produced by Liz Baker and Kat…

Vitamin B12 was recently linked with dementia in a new study. Doctors explain how much you should be getting, and the major signs that your levels are off.

A team of researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow argues that dietary sugars, not animal foods, may have played the

Most people carry eight to 12 generally harmless viruses at any given time. But now, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin conclude that severe COVID-19 infections can reactivate these vir… [+4831 chars]

Officials are expanding mosquito control and urging New Yorkers to use insect repellent and eliminate standing water.

UK News: TOI Correspondent from London: There have been nearly 200 deaths linked to the use of anti-obesity drugs Mounjaro and Wegovy in the UK, as well as ove.

The AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing virus.

Candida auris is a multidrug-resistant fungus of major public health concern whose mechanisms for persistence on skin, a major risk factor for deadly outbreaks, remain unclear. In this study, we compared skin colonization by C. auris versus C. albicans ...

A Southern California school district is temporarily halting the routine use of pesticides and herbicides on its campuses as concerns continue to grow over a cluster of rare childhood cancer cases in Orange County. The Capistrano Unified School District annou…

Ticks in NYC are a thing we have to deal with now.

From COVID-19 vaccines to Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, using mRNA as medicine has shown promise. But before mRNA drugs can go beyond vaccines, researchers need to identify the right diseases to treat.

Scientists made 16 successful viruses that had their genetic code designed by artificial intelligence.

Tularemia is a rare bacterial illness commonly spread by ticks or deer flies.