The class of anti-inflammatory drugs known as TNF-inhibitors has brought relief to many sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis, but they don’t work for up to 4 of every 10 patients. New research led…
Has the United States actually withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO)? This question will be on the agenda of the WHO’s Executive Board meeting next week, and the World Health Assembly,…
When I worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in the 2010s as an Obama administration appointee, I helped write and review dozens of regulations under the Clean Air Act. They included some…
Electronic cigarettes — or vapes — can release puffs of vapor in aromatic clouds. The health risks of breathing in this secondhand or passive vapor aren’t fully understood. So, researchers reporting in…
Nearly half of federal health surveillance databases either stopped or delayed routine updates last year, with potentially dire consequences to public health, according to researchers. A newly-released audit of nearly 1,400 public records from the Centers for Disease…
A new Central Data Repository (CDR) launched by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) aims to strengthen how public health data is integrated, analysed and used across the…
Decades-long U.S. study suggests prevention and screening should start earlier in adulthood Men reached 5% cardiovascular disease risk about seven years earlier than women Coronary heart disease drove most of the gap…
Because treatment of the whole prostate can lead to long-term side effects in patients with prostate cancer, interest in minimally invasive, focal treatment options has been growing for certain patients. A clinical…
Dispensaries in one of the first US states to legalize recreational cannabis sales continue to disregard a law aimed at reducing the risk of consuming alcohol and cannabis simultaneously. Polysubstance use can…
Findings could help pave the way for new brain-machine interfaces and other non-opioid therapies A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary…
