Dr. Francis Collins, who led the Nationwide Institutes of Well being for greater than a decade and continued his profession on the company after he stepped apart as director in 2021, has resigned. Pool/Getty Photos/Getty Photos conceal caption toggle caption Pool/Getty Photos/Getty Photos Dr. Francis Collins, the legendary former director of the Nationwide Institutes of […]
As an outbreak of measles continues to unfold in west Texas and New Mexico, many individuals are questioning, how unhealthy may it get? Nicely, the very first thing to know is that measles is without doubt one of the most contagious ailments on Earth — greater than Ebola, smallpox or simply about every other infectious […]
Funding is stalled for Nationwide Institutes of Well being analysis grants. J. Scott Applewhite/AP cover caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP The Nationwide Institutes of Well being has stopped contemplating new grant functions, delaying selections about the way to spend thousands and thousands of {dollars} on analysis into ailments starting from coronary heart illness and […]
Measles spreads simply. It is one of many world’s most contagious illnesses. Natalya Maisheva/Getty Photographs disguise caption toggle caption Natalya Maisheva/Getty Photographs A measles outbreak in West Texas is constant to unfold. And with kindergarten vaccination charges dipping throughout the nation, extra communities could also be liable to outbreaks. Nevertheless it’s not simply youngsters who […]
JDawnInk/Digital Imaginative and prescient Vectors/Getty Photographs For purchasers utilizing a telehealth web site to get cheaper variations of fashionable weight problems medicine, the low costs turned out to be too good to be true. Prospects of Zappy Well being inform NPR they had been drawn to the net supplier by its low costs, its lack […]
The ready room at Alamo Ladies’s Reproductive Companies emptied the day the Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade, making it sure abortion would grow to be unlawful in Texas. The state is amongst almost a dozen with legal guidelines criminalizing abortion that report zero or solely a handful of abortions in 2023. Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles […]
From left: U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, Senator John Barrasso, a Republican from Wyoming, President Donald Trump, Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican from West Virginia, and Senate Majority Chief John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, converse to the media on Jan. 8, 2025. Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg/Getty Photographs […]
A laboratory learning sickle cell illness on the Nationwide Coronary heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Mobile and Molecular Therapeutics Laboratory, on the Nationwide Institutes of Well being on Feb. 8, 2024, in Bethesda, Md. Brendan Smialowski/AFP by way of Getty Pictures cover caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP by way of Getty Pictures The Nationwide Institutes […]
The variant of H5N1 hen flu has been circulating in wild birds, however that is the primary time it has been detected in cattle. Dusty Pixel images/Getty Photos/Second RF cover caption toggle caption Dusty Pixel images/Getty Photos/Second RF A variant of H5N1 hen flu that has circulated extensively in wild birds — and in a […]
Webpages on the CDC and different well being companies went down on Friday. Will Stone/NPR cover caption toggle caption Will Stone/NPR On the route of the Trump administration, the federal Division of Well being and Human Companies and its companies are purging its web sites of knowledge and knowledge on a broad array of subjects […]