In the event of a serious epidemic, emanating from H5N1 bird flu or any other contagious disease, the usual playbook -- ...

Between January 1 and March 21, 2025, three cases of Murray Valley encephalitis were also reported in northern Western Australia. Two cases were reported in the Pilbara region and one case in the ...

Cluster B personality disorders affect a person’s emotions and behaviors, leading to actions that others tend to consider dramatic, overly emotional, or erratic. A personality disorder is a ...

Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. On Feb 17, 2025, WHO published a Technical Brief on encephalitis, a severe neurological condition ...

Fentanyl and other opioids have fueled the worst drug crisis in U.S. history. In recent years, fatal overdose numbers have become defined by illicit fentanyl, an extremely lethal synthetic opioid ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Rates of myopia are increasing globally, with the World Health Organization estimating that half of the world’s population could have myopia by 2050 in what is already being called an epidemic.

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LUCKNOW, India (AP)- India's government sent thousands of ineffective vaccines to a northern Indian state, halting a planned immunization drive against a deadly outbreak of Japanese encephalitis that ...

A deadly deer disease has found its way into the urban deer population in Cranbrook, in B.C.'s Kootenay region. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was detected in a female white-tailed deer during a ...