Health
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At 'Make America Healthy Again' summit, Vance praises RFK Jr. for defying conventionVice President JD Vance has praised Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for questioning established science and embracing nontraditional voices in health care
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President Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown after a record 43-day disruptionPresident Donald Trump has signed a government funding bill that ends a record 43-day shutdown
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Global tuberculosis diagnoses rise to a record, but deaths fall, WHO reportsThe number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023's record total
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A historic shutdown is nearly over. It leaves no winners and much frustrationThe longest government shutdown in history could conclude as soon as Day 43 with almost no one happy with the final result
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Biovac starts trials on South Africa's first domestically developed cholera vaccineResearchers in South Africa have launched clinical trials for the first vaccine developed entirely in the country
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ByHeart recalls all baby formula sold nationwide as infant botulism outbreak growsBaby formula manufacturer ByHeart recalled all of its products sold nationwide Tuesday
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Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozenThe Trump administration is again asking the Supreme Court to keep full food aid payments on hold
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Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaksInternational health experts say Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America
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There are more than 100 autoimmune diseases, and they mostly strike women. Here's what to knowAutoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body – and tens of millions of people
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Canada's Supreme Court won’t hear appeal of ostrich cull orderCanada's Supreme Court has decided not to hear an appeal about a federal agency's order to cull hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm
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Disease of 1,000 faces shows how science is tackling immunity’s dark sideIt's one of medicine's biggest mysteries — why sometimes our immune system attacks our own bodies
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American man and son die after suffering stings from swarm of wasps ziplining in LaosAn American man and his teenage son have died after they were stung by a swarm of wasps while ziplining in Laos last month