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When Jennifer Cahill went into labour with her second child at home in summer last year, she thought that the delivery, assisted by two midwives and…

Global Superbugs Surge, Chikungunya Hits Long Island, and Satellites Leak DataA new WHO report warns of rising antimicrobial resistance, and researchers uncover satellite data leaks and…

Among US counties containing the nation’s 10 largest cities, Cook county, Illinois – where Chicago is located – has seen the largest reduction in overdose deaths…

Overdose deaths continued to rise in some communities across the US even as they declined nationally in 2024, according to an exclusive data analysis by the…

The UK is expected to slash its contribution to a leading aid fund combating preventable diseases, with charities warning this could lead to more than 300,000…

Greenhouse emissions linked to a gas field being developed by Australian fossil fuel company Woodside could lead to the death of at least 480 people and…

Adoption of a plant-rich “planetary health diet” could prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, according to a landmark report.The diet – which allows…

Five people in Louisiana have died in 2025 from a flesh-eating bacterium found in warm coastal waters, substantially exceeding the annual average on such deaths, state…

In the weeks after the deaths of three women in quick succession in Ballarat last year, the principals of three of the regional Victorian city’s high…

Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities…