Category: 6. Health

A microbial metabolite long linked to cardiovascular risk emerges as a surprising ally against metabolic inflammation, revealing how gut–host signaling can reset glucose control by targeting a single immune kinase.

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During the last global coral bleaching event in 2023 and 2024 , the Great Barrier Reef experienced the highest temperatures for centuries and widespread bleaching. With bleaching events becoming more frequent, the very existence of coral…

Pharmacy Times: Certitude Breast showed MRI-comparable accuracy using less than 1 mL of plasma. From a clinical implementation standpoint, what key steps need to happen for pharmacists and other frontline providers to confidently use this test…

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The UK’s advertising watchdog has cracked down on products being promoted online that it says falsely promise to…

New Bayesian evidence from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo shows that mpox clade Ib often develops more slowly than assumed, prompting calls to rethink exposure monitoring and postexposure vaccination strategies.

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The Israel Ministry of Health reports an 11-month-old baby with no underlying illnesses, who had not yet been vaccinated, died today due to complications of measles.

Due to his condition, the baby was transferred about a week ago from the North…

Heavy consumption of energy drinks may raise the risk of heart disease and pose a serious risk of stroke, doctors have warned.

Millions of people worldwide regularly drink the products, which are non-alcoholic and typically contain more than 150mg…

New interdisciplinary evidence shows how a mid-14th-century volcanic cooling reshaped Mediterranean food security, redirected grain ships from the Black Sea, and inadvertently opened the door to one of history’s deadliest…

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that gonorrhoea, a sexually transmitted infection, is becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics, according to new data from its Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP), which…