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In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.
Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.
The drugmaker said it would spend up to $4 billion to acquire small companies exploring vaccines for shingles, Epstein-Barr virus and other pathogens.
Some UV exposure is essential for our wellbeing, but too much is damaging and can cause skin cancer.
Lenacapavir, which protects people from H.I.V. infection with twice-yearly shots, is arriving in a country where the health system has been hollowed out by American aid cuts.
Most cases are in the Northern Territory with some also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.
Health experts in Jersey say the change helps people realise it is not an ovaries-only condition.
A single infusion of an experimental gene-editing drug seemed to reduce LDL long-term in a small trial. The results may point to something “curative,” one expert said.
The deadly virus has spread alarmingly in Congo for months. Only now is the response taking shape.
Kinshasa residents continue to pack markets, bars and public transportation, despite growing international concern about the spread of the virus.
A rapidly growing industry often overprescribes treatment to young children with autism, who spend as many as 40 hours a week at the facilities.
Profit motives are shaping the care inside an expanding autism therapy industry, creating conditions that can harm some children. Our health reporter Sarah Kliff explains her new investigation, co-authored with Margot Sanger-Katz.
The industry has grown rapidly, straining state budgets. A focus on finances has led to overbilling, fraud and even harm.
The World Happiness Reports finds the more time spent on social media the greater loss of wellbeing.
The Trump administration announced plans to expand a ban on entering the United States to legal permanent residents who had been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan.
Dawn French discusses loneliness, particularly among older women, on Woman’s Hour.
The head of the UN health agency says the risk in the wider region is “high”, but it remains “low” at the global level.
The rare species of Ebola involved – known as Bundibugyo – kills around a third of those infected and has no proven vaccine yet.
The outbreak, with more than 8,000 confirmed cases and another 60,000 suspected infections, has prompted an emergency vaccination drive.
Hunger and conflict are on the minds of the residents of Akobo, where an outbreak could have devastating consequences.
Bereaved families are calling for a national cardiac screening programme for over-14s