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Satellite-derived Earth observation (EO) data helps researchers like me unlock new insights into monitoring both environmental and human health.

Across the country, dairy producers have dumped milk and infected chickens have been killed, including millions of egg-laying hens, causing egg prices to skyrocket.

Here's how the two countries go head to head in illness rates and a range of lifestyle categories.

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) represent a significant global health challenge, constituting the leading cause of death worldwide. According to recent World Health Organization data, CVDs claim approximately 17.9 million lives annually, accounting for 32% of all global deaths. This burden is particularly pronounced in low- and middle-income countries, where nearly 80%…

Oral diseases such as untreated tooth decay and gum disease affect 3.5 billion people in 2022

Clinical trials find one-time gene therapy exa-cel offers ‘functional cure’ in 96.6% of patients

Height has traditionally been viewed as an indicator of health and achievement, but recent research has indicated that there are latent hazards associated with height. Although taller individuals tend to have a lower incidence of both cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, they also have a higher incidence toward some forms of…

The treatment uses gene-editing tool Crispr, which earned its inventors the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2020.

"Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation, and emerging diseases are among the mélange of climate impacts . . ."

Despite their broad therapeutic potential to over 42 conditions, GLP-1 drugs are not without risks.

Two of the four cases are in Lubbock, which hasn’t seen a case in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, measles vaccination rates in Texas have fallen over the last four years.