May 23, 2025

Newborn Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Higher Risk of ADHD, Schizophrenia and Autism

Newborn babies with vitamin D deficiency have a higher chance of later developing mental disorders such as ADHD, schizophrenia and autism, a major study has found.
May 16, 2025

China Loses Multibillion-Dollar COVID-19 Court Case

The state of Missouri has won a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against China for its role in the COVID-19 pandemic after none of the defendants showed up to court.
May 16, 2025

Trump Bans Federal Funding for ‘Dangerous’ Gain-of-Function Research

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning all federal funding for "dangerous" gain-of-function research in China, Iran and other countries, and blocking all federal funding for foreign research that could cause another pandemic.
May 9, 2025

China Suggests COVID-19 Originated in United States

China claims COVID-19 may have originated in the United States and accuses Washington of "evading responsibility," after President Donald Trump's administration blamed a lab leak in the Asian nation.
May 9, 2025

Ultra-Processed Foods Tied to More Than 124,000 Preventable Deaths Annually in United States

A global study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine has found that for each 10 percent increase in the contribution of ultra-processed foods to total energy intake, the risk of mortality from all causes rises by 2.7 percent. In the United States alone, that’s more than 124,000 preventable deaths each year.
May 2, 2025

Uganda Declares End to Latest Ebola Outbreak

Uganda has declared an end to the country's latest outbreak of Ebola, three months after authorities confirmed cases of the highly infectious and often fatal viral hemorrhagic infection in the capital Kampala.
May 2, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Considering Pulling National Recommendation for Kids to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

United States Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering pulling the national recommendation that children receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new report.
May 2, 2025

Childhood Toxin Exposure ‘May be Factor in Bowel Cancer Rise in Under-50s’

Childhood exposure to a toxin produced by bacteria in the bowel may be contributing to the rise of colorectal cancer in under-50s around the world, researchers say.