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The deadly measles outbreak has sickened hundreds in Texas and 11 other states

Lisa Wright, 60, donated her organ to her 68-year-old friend Valerie Jack after finding out she had kidney disease.

Boston researchers found that bacteria exposed to microplastics became resistant to multiple types of common antibiotics

Her Girls Aloud bandmates said they ‘miss Sarah every day’.

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had spread to 118,000 cases reported in…

Federal datasets began disappearing from public view on Jan. 31, 2025, in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump. Among those were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which asks respondents about their gender identity and sexual orientation and tracks behaviors like smoking and…

Known as ‘the human jukebox’ to his brother Prince Alexandre, Frederik’s family have paid tribute

Some Cabinet officials loathe Musk, but Kennedy grabs his chance to destroy science-based medicine

As the anti-vaccine movement brings measles surging back, we must also recall why we need a vaccine for it

While some parts of southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales are still on alert for flooding, others are starting the difficult clean-up process as flood waters recede.

Reported rollback comes as Trump administration faces scrutiny for its handling of a measles outbreak among the unvaccinated