Your Thanksgiving dinner is likely bad for your heart and blood pressure
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a silent killer that lurks among us, helping to claim…
Understanding the potential of urban parks to promote well-being
Data OSM is a globally encompassing geographic information database based on crowdsourced contributions. While accessible through a map…
CDC changes vaccine safety web page to include debunked claims
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday publicly reversed its stance that vaccines do…
An anti-migrant group in South Africa is blocking foreigners from health clinics
MUSINA, South Africa (AP) — It’s 6 a.m. and Tholakele Nkwanyana is one of the first people to…
Countries used to test drugs often don’t see the approved medicines, study finds
Numerous medicines are not accessible in many of the countries where they were tested before approval by the…
Pet owners are refusing to vaccinate their dogs and cats. Their logic is mind-boggling.
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US centre fills gaps in public-health information
People protested staff cuts at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in March.Credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty In…
L.A. County stores must stop selling kratom and 7-OH, health agency says
Los Angeles County officials are set to pull kratom and its synthetic extract, sometimes called 7-OH, from shelves…
Bad Air Is One of the Biggest Threats to Your Health. Here’s How to Protect Yourself
There’s something invisible that can put us in an early grave. And I’m not talking about sentient AI,…
Researcher says $25 version of Gilead drug could eradicate HIV in USA
For the past few months, CVS Caremark has declined to add a groundbreaking HIV prevention drug from Gilead…
Second-highest number of rabid bats ever recorded in L.A. County, officials say
Dozens of rabid bats have been found in Los Angeles County this year, causing county health officials to…
COVID-19 is spreading again — how serious is it and what are the symptoms?
Credit: Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty SARS-CoV-2 infections have been rising in the past month — global cases increased…