May 22, 2026

The EU Has Authorized the Import and Processing of Four More Lines of GMO Crops

The European Commission has approved four genetically modified crops for use in the food and animal feed industries. These are two genetically modified lines of cotton, one line each of corn and soybeans.
May 22, 2026

Ultra-Processed Foods Tied to Nearly Fourfold Asthma Risk in Children

Children who get more than 30 percent of their daily energy from ultra-processed foods, such as soda drinks, packaged snacks, and sweetened breakfast cereals, have a nearly fourfold risk of developing asthma in their early school years.
May 22, 2026

Global Hypertension Study Finds Fight Against High Blood Pressure Falling Short

A new global analysis by Tulane University found that high blood pressure remains a stubborn and deadly silent epidemic whose burden on public health systems has only increased in the past 20 years, particularly in countries least equipped to address it.
May 22, 2026

World Health Organization Delays Pandemic Treaty Amid Pathogen-Sharing Dispute

World Health Organization member states say they have extended talks on pathogen-sharing rules, casting doubt on when a pandemic treaty adopted last year can come into effect.
May 22, 2026

Military Reprimanded Soldiers Who Raised Concerns About Monitoring Canadians Online During COVID-19

Canada’s military reprimanded soldiers after they raised concerns about an order to monitor Canadians' online activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, CBC News has learned.
May 15, 2026

Cancer is Rising Worldwide, But Millions of Cases May go Undiagnosed

A new global analysis has revealed that nearly a third of people who develop one of 17 major cancers may die before receiving an official cancer diagnosis. The danger is not only that cancer is rising worldwide; millions of cases may never enter the medical record at all.
May 15, 2026

How India’s Pharmaceutical Pipeline is Fuelling West Africa’s Opioid Crisis

Sierra Leone, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, and several more countries in West Africa are in the midst of an overlooked opioid crisis that's crippling the population and devastating families. The drugs that are fueling this crisis aren't made in makeshift labs, but imported by the millions from India's pharmaceutical industry.
May 15, 2026

United States to Take Steps to Curb Antidepressant Drug Prescribing, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says

The federal health department will begin a series of steps intended to curb antidepressant drug use in the United States, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced.