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Medicine, public health, and the systems that pay for care — including where the sides disagree about the cure.
A rapidly growing multistate cyclosporiasis increase has sickened hundreds, hospitalized dozens, and left investigators racing to identify the contaminated food or water source.
Zara Desai · · 4 min read
A U.S. humanitarian worker’s Ebola infection spotlights a fast-growing Bundibugyo virus outbreak in Congo, where health workers, clinical trials and cross-border response capacity are all under pressure.
Zara Desai · · 4 min read
A fast-growing cyclospora outbreak tied to no publicly identified source yet has sickened confirmed patients across 31 states, with Michigan and northwest Ohio reporting major clusters and federal traceback investigations still underway.
Zara Desai · · 4 min read
A 17-year-old British footballer required hospital treatment after being injected with an unknown substance in a Magaluf nightclub, spotlighting an under-tracked public health risk affecting young tourists across Europe.
Zara Desai · · 4 min read
As confirmed Ebola deaths in DR Congo reach at least 600, misinformation-driven attacks and delayed pay for frontline workers are threatening the outbreak response.
Zara Desai · · 4 min read
A government-commissioned review is expected to say England and Wales’s PIP assessment system is failing disabled people and needs a root-and-branch redesign for fluctuating, mental health and long-term conditions.
Zara Desai · · 4 min read
The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has passed 500 reported deaths as frontline workers in Ituri threaten to strike, putting diagnostics, contact tracing and a new treatment trial under pressure.
Zara Desai · · 4 min read
Health agencies say the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in DRC and Uganda has surpassed 1,480 confirmed cases, while the risk to the U.S. and Europe remains low but closely monitored.
Priya Anjali Deshmukh · · 4 min read
The most useful men's health story this week is not that a weight-loss drug is suddenly a fertility drug. It is more interesting than that, and more practical. At ENDO 2026 in Chic
Franceska Lucia Bellini · · 4 min read
A new open-access pregnancy study says repeated cervical-length measurements did not improve prediction of spontaneous preterm birth for people whose mid-pregnancy cervix already…
Leah Marin Castellano · · 4 min read
The answer-first version: the FDA has now updated its public testosterone guidance after a safety review found no meaningful difference in major cardiovascular events in a large…
Leah Marin Castellano · · 4 min read
The short version: the newest national STI numbers look better than they did a year earlier, but they are not a victory lap. CDC’s provisional 2024 surveillance data show reported…
Leah Marin Castellano · · 4 min read
The FDA has now approved the first six menopausal hormone therapy label updates after moving to remove boxed-warning language about cardiovascular…
Leah Marin Castellano · · 4 min read
The newest CDC men’s health dashboard is not subtle: high blood pressure is now the stat men should not scroll past. In its Men’s Health FastStats page…
Leah Marin Castellano · · 4 min read
The U.S. supply problem around Bicillin L-A, the first-line penicillin shot used for syphilis, is not over. CDC’s latest product-availability page says…
Leah Marin Castellano · · 4 min read
The CDC recently highlighted its ongoing STI Prevention Priorities, underscoring the need for expanded screening, partner services, and community…
Leah Marin Castellano · · 4 min read
June is Men's Health Month, and the numbers still tell the same story: men are less likely to see a doctor until symptoms force the issue. This year the…
Leah Marin Castellano · · 4 min read
Melinda French Gates announced an additional $215 million grant to Pivotal, bringing her total commitment to women’s reproductive and midlife health to…
Leah Marin Castellano · · 4 min read