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Diseases & conditions

The first widespread deployment of RSV preventive measures in winter 2024-25, including maternal vaccines and monoclonal antibody treatments, has led to a significant decrease in infant hospitalizations. Rates have dropped by up to 71% in newborns under two months compared to pre-pandemic levels.

CDC: RSV Vaccines Cut Infant Hospitalizations by Up to 71%

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Joe Biden Diagnosed with Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Oklahoma High Schools to Teach 2020 Election Fraud Claims

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COVID-19 Surges Across Asia as Hong Kong Hits One-Year High

Study: Men Face Double Death Risk From Broken Heart Syndrome

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Infectious diseases

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea after detecting the poliovirus Type 2 strain in two children during routine screening in Lae, the country's second-largest city, with additional virus traces found in wastewater samples from both Lae and Port Moresby.

Papua New Guinea Declares Polio Emergency as Virus Resurfaces After 25 Years

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Texas Measles Outbreak Slows, National Cases Near 1K

White House Declares Lab Leak as 'True Origins' of COVID

US Measles Cases Hit 800 as Three More States Report First Cases

Measles Outbreak: Texas, New Mexico Cases Jump 20% In 3 Days

Diabetes

A study has found that semaglutide, a drug originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes and sold by Novo Nordisk as brands Wegovy and Ozempic, cut alcohol consumption in patients by about 40% and reduced the desire to drink.

Weight-loss Drug Shows Promise in Reducing Alcohol Consumption

Australia: 14 Religious Sect Members Found Guilty in Girl's Death

Study: Sugary Drinks Cause Over 3M Diabetes, Heart Disease Cases

New Proposed Definition of Obesity Would Sideline Body Mass Index

C-section Births Hit 42% in England

DEC 20 2024DEC 2024

Mental health

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman faces renewed scrutiny over his fitness to serve following reports of erratic behavior, including an alleged outburst during a teachers' union meeting where he reportedly shouted and slammed his hands on a desk, leading to a staff member breaking down in tears.

Sen. John Fetterman Faces Reports Over Mental Health, Behavior Concerns

Minnesota Republicans Push to Define 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' as Mental Illness

Nashville School Shooting Claims Two Lives

Teens, Families Sue Over Trump Trans Order

NHS Trials Ultrasound Brain Chip for Mental Health

Cancer

Robert Walls, a Carlton Football Club icon of the Australian Football League (AFL) who won three premierships as a player and one as coach, died Thursday morning at age 74 in his East Melbourne home, choosing to end his life through Victoria's voluntary assisted dying laws after battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Australian Football League Legend Robert Walls Dies at 74 Via Assisted Dying

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Study: Weight-Loss Drugs Can Reduce Risk of Cancer

Bacterial Toxin Linked to Rising Bowel Cancer in Young Adults

UK: NHS Rolls Out 5-Minute 'Super-Jab' for 15 Cancer Types

UK Trials Blood Test That Can Detect 12 Cancers With 99% Accuracy

Neurological disorders

A new study out of the University of California, San Diego, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine suggests a new "pearls on a string" structure for the axons of brain cells, challenging the traditionally accepted smooth and cylindrical one.

Study Suggests New Structure of Brain Neurons

DEC 20 2024DEC 20 2024

Neuralink's Telepathy Receives FDA 'Breakthrough' Tag

SEP 20 2024SEP 2024

UK Boy First to Receive Deep Brain Neurostimulator to Treat Epilepsy

JUL 20 2024JUL 2024

Study: Stool Sample Could Indicate Autism

JUL 20 2024JUL 2024

Musk's Neuralink Shows First Brain-Chip Patient Playing Chess

MAY 20 2024MAY 2024

Men's health

According to a statement from the Israeli prime minister's office, Benjamin Netanyahu is in good condition and fully conscious after undergoing a successful prostate removal surgery at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem on Sunday night.

Netanyahu Recovering After Successful Prostate Surgery

Study: Global Fertility Drop Linked to Common Pesticides

MAY 20 2024MAY 2024

Study: Male Contraceptive Pill Could Be Available in 5 Years

MAY 20 2023MAY 2023

LeBron’s Son Suffers Cardiac Arrest, in Stable Condition

MAY 20 2024MAY 2024

WHO: One in Six People Affected by Infertility

MAY 20 2023MAY 2023

Women's health

The World Health Organization's cancer agency projects that global breast cancer cases will increase by 38% to 3.2M new cases annually by 2050, with deaths rising by 68% to 1.1M per year if current trends continue.

Study: Global Breast Cancer Cases Set to Surge 38% by 2050

UK Watchdog: Lab-Grown Eggs and Sperm Near Reality

Afghanistan: Taliban Bans Women From Medical Training

DEC 20 2024DEC 2024

Report: Funding cuts Threaten Afghan Women

Study: Lead, Arsenic and Other Toxins Found in Tampons

JUL 20 2024JUL 2024