THURSDAY, 06 AUGUST 2026, 17:54
The F.D.A. is planning to inspect farms and a lettuce shredding facility to determine how lettuce supplied by the produce company Taylor Farms to Taco Bell became contaminated and where it was shipped.
Cases caused by the amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, have numbered in the hundreds since 1960 – but it can quickly prove fatal if not diagnosed correctly.
Wildfire smoke can contaminate the air inside a home, but there are measures you can take to make your indoor environment safer.
All newborn babies in England will be tested for the genetic disease spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), as part of a major study.
The nine types of stalling that researchers say can reveal something deeper about us and why it’s not always bad.
Federal officials worked with Michigan investigators to trace the outbreak to iceberg lettuce, which may also have gone to other vendors.
An NHS trial over 10 years followed nearly 3,500 men who received focal therapy, a less invasive treatment.
It will be illegal to sell high-caffeine beverages to under-16s from April next year, but soft drinks with lower caffeine levels will not be affected.
Woman’s Hour discusses fibroids and the need for greater knowledge about the pain they can cause women.
Some people can carry bacteria in their nose or throat without getting sick, but can spread it to others.
It follows the UK’s largest and fastest growing meningitis B outbreak to date in Kent earlier this year.
Advisors are asking the government to consider introducing MenB jabs routinely for secondary school-aged people to better protect them.
Actively listening to birdsong it is good for both your health, wellbeing and focus.
A senior Buddhist monk says Herefordshire has “everything” for a “person to be happy”.
The new pills can lower cholesterol levels far below what can be achieved with statins, clinical trials have shown.
He tells an inquiry he believed a trust was ‘panicking’ and was discouraged from raising rota issues.
Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health risks.
Calum was poisoned by methanol and has since joined a campaign to raise awareness of the risks
Dr. Erica Schwartz supports vaccines and is seen as a mainstream choice to lead an agency that has been a target of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to change federal immunization policies.
Captain Sullenberger, who is known as Sully, said that the disease was in its early stages, and that he was “in the beginning of this long journey.”
Executives unhappy with the agency donated and lobbied President Trump directly. Major companies have already begun to prepare and ship new products.