The number of deaths recorded in France rose by nearly 30% during the hottest week of last month’s record-breaking European…
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A toddler’s severe, hour-long meltdowns were dismissed as the “terrible twos” before a blood test revealed she had a rare…
More than half a million sterile mosquitoes are being released across the Washington D.C. metropolitan area this summer, part of…
Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a stretch each day is linked to a heightened risk of dying from…
The South West of England recorded 281 laboratory-confirmed cases of acute Lyme disease in 2025, cementing its position as one…
For the 25,000 residents packed into each square kilometre of Baba Island, life is growing harder with every passing summer.…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has elevated a recall of popular Zapp’s and Dirty potato chip varieties to…
Forty-four years ago, Terry Higgins became the first named person in the United Kingdom to die of an Aids-related illness.…
Sudan’s health crisis — described by the United Nations as the world’s worst — has received only a third of…
Candida auris cases have more than doubled in the United States since 2022, according to new data from the US…