Sydney dentist’s patients warned of viruses including HIV
Authorities urged patients to get tested due to “poor infection control practices” at the Australian clinic.
Category: Health
US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes
About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year
Icing injuries may delay healing and prolong pain recovery
Icing a sprained ankle or sore muscle, long used to reduce pain and swelling, may in the longer run delay recovery and prolong pain, new
Study challenges structural explanation for gut symptoms in hEDS patients
A study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that persistent and distressing upper gut symptoms experienced by people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos
Posh sandwich has more salt than nearly five cheeseburgers
Action on Salt & Sugar said people should not be exposed to a “hidden health risk every time they buy lunch”.
MPs call for sunbed advertising ban to help prevent skin cancer
A report by a cross-party group of MPs has found the majority of skin cancer cases are preventable.
Disrupted circadian rhythms may accelerate dementia-related brain inflammation
Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias impact approximately 55 million people worldwide, including 7.2 million cases in the United States alone.
New malaria vaccine offers long-lasting protection without refrigeration
Malaria is a deadly disease killing more than half a million people every year, but a new vaccine is showing promise as it not only
Antibodies targeting GPNMB may slow Parkinson’s disease progression
Monoclonal antibodies can block a key immune‑related protein that drives the spread of brain cell damage in Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Cruise ship passenger making best of quarantine in US after hantavirus outbreak
When Jake Rosmarin boarded the MV Hondius, he gleefully posted on social media that the ship would be home for 35 days as he and
Patients of retired dentist warned of bloodborne viruses, including HIV
Authorities urged patients to get tested due to “poor infection control practices” at the Australian clinic.
MAHA and science-based public health: Can’t we all just get along?
The answer is: Very likely not, at least not as long as MAHA embraces quackery and antivax pseudoscience—not that that didn’t stop STAT News from
Spain reports new hantavirus case in passenger evacuated from cruise ship as outbreak grows to 11
Spain’s health ministry says a Spanish passenger evacuated from the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has tested positive for the virus