Experts have warned that Europe faces a “cancer epidemic” unless urgent action is taken to boost treatment and research, after an estimated 1 million diagnoses were missed during the pandemic.

Two new studies have shown that serum vitamin D levels in African Americans are associated with diabetes risk.

The World Health Organization's most recent estimates (2016) suggested that over 4.2 million people die prematurely each year due to long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution (tiny particles often referred to as PM2.5). A new study now suggests that the annual global death toll from outdoor PM2.5 may be significantly higher than previously thought.

Consumption of ultra-processed foods containing little or no whole foods in their ingredients contributed to 57,000 premature deaths in Brazil in 2019, researchers report.