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Federal cuts target CDC staff who ensured birth control for women was safe
Many women with serious underlying medical conditions like heart disease need birth control that won't make their conditions ...
Measles Cases Could Cost the U.S. Its Elimination Status. Here's What That Means.
Losing the status is a far bigger deal than most people likely know, and getting it back is no fast or easy feat.
New Connecticut law preserves standard for fluoride in public water supplies
Gov. Ned Lamont announced on Monday that new legislation has been signed, and is now in effect, to preserve existing levels ...
Measles spreading in the US: 5 simple tips to stay safe right now
It’s 2025, and a disease we once thought nearly eradicated is resurfacing. Measles, a highly contagious virus many of us only ...
Cancer deaths from obesity have tripled in 20 years — these states have the highest and lowest rates
The new study found that Midwestern states had the highest rates of obesity-linked cancer deaths, while the Northeast fared ...
The US is having its worst year for measles in more than three decades
The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and another six months to go in 2025. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Adaptive Clinical Protocol Design for Phase II MPox Clade I Treatment with a Novel Broad-Spectrum Drug NV-387 is Almost Complete, Reports NanoViricides
NanoViricides, Inc., a publicly traded company (NYSE Amer.:NNVC) (the “Company”), and a clinical stage, leading global pioneer in the development of broad-spectrum antivirals based on host-mimetic ...
Measles and travel: Countries with measles outbreaks in 2025 (travel alerts and safety tips)
Measles is surging globally in 2025, impacting North America, Europe, and the Americas. The U.S. faces its worst outbreak ...
WHO recommends twice-a-year HIV prevention shot as concern looms over funding for global HIV fight
The World Health Organization is now recommending that countries include an HIV drug newly approved for prevention, ...
Daily exercise may be key to better sleep, new study finds
New research from The University of Texas at Austin suggests that exercising more frequently—ideally every day—could improve ...
The Human Cost of Cuts at the CDC and NIH
Distrust of science is fueling such misguided proposals as scaling back critical public-health agencies.
Patient dies from the ‘Black Death’ plague less than 24 hours after symptoms first emerged
A PERSON has died from plague just 24-hours after they showed up at hospital with symptoms, health officals have said. The victim was rushed to Flagstaff Medical Center in Arizona, US, showing ...