Anti-LGBTQ+ policies harm the health of not only LGBTQ+ people, but all Americans, suggests public health expert
In 2024, state legislatures introduced an all-time record of 533 bills targeting LGBTQ+ populations. These policies create a ...
Lab holding Ebola in DRC's Goma 'safe': WHO
A laboratory holding Ebola and other dangerous pathogens in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma—which has been seized by the ...
Mind reading: Do brain scans foretell your baby's social skills?
"A really big question that, at least I ask myself, is, 'How do we become who we are?'" University of Virginia psychology ...
Census reveals high disability rates among gender-diverse Canadians
Using data from the latest census, York University researchers from the Faculty of Health found Canadians who identify as ...
Bird flu and the egg shortage: Epidemiologist shares what you should know to stay healthy
Can't find eggs at your local grocery store? You're not alone. The recent H5N1 bird flu has led to the culling of millions of ...
Study finds wildfires can raise rates of heart attacks, deaths
With Los Angeles still reeling from the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, a new report on California blazes from earlier ...
New Hampshire man is 2nd person known to be living with a pig kidney
A New Hampshire man fought for the chance at a pig kidney transplant, spending months getting into good enough shape to be ...
Deadly diarrhea-causing contaminants may go undetected in flawed testing methods
New research has uncovered critical gaps in an emerging global public health tool for detecting environmental fecal contamination—which is linked to life-threatening diarrheal diseases that cause 1.2 ...
Cash incentives and counseling could be key to improving TB treatment success rates
A new study has demonstrated that a combination of conditional cash transfers and TB counseling significantly improves treatment success rates and reduces loss to follow-up among TB patients in South ...