Browsing: Health

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health and human services (HHS) secretary, is planning to issue guidance encouraging Americans to eat more saturated fats, contradicting decades of…

After a summer lull in U.S. cases of avian influenza in both poultry and dairy cattle—and no human infections reported in the country since February—the virus…

NHS health checks are to include questions about the menopause for the first time, ministers have announced, with millions of women in England expected to benefit.Adults…

A man with mental health issues and a history of making violent threats murdered a woman in a Devon park after falling off a waiting list…

Older people who only walk 4,000 daily steps once a week still reduce their risk of dying early by a quarter, a study suggests.Staying active is…

You can buy a smart ring to track your sleep activity or a smartwatch to monitor your heartbeat, so perhaps it makes sense that health tech’s…

I have just got back from a run. I am shocked to write those words. I think it might have been a decade since my last.…

Slashed contributions from wealthy countries to an anti-malaria fund could allow a resurgence of the disease, costing millions of lives and billions of pounds by the…

Three California residents have been infected with clade I mpox, a more severe strain of the virus formerly known as monkeypox – marking the first time…

In the 18th century, physicians noticed nuns had some of the highest rates of breast cancer. It was one of the earliest clues that led scientists…