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Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses strike, July 13, 2026, outside the hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. (Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe via Getty Images) (BOSTON) — About 4,000 registered nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston [Read More…]

Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Dr. Heidi Overton speaks in the Oval Office on Aug. 10, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Heidi Overton is appearing before a [Read More…]

A general view of Busch Stadium, June 25, 2026, in St Louis, Missouri. (Joe Puetz/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Missouri health officials are warning of a possible measles exposure at Busch Stadium and nearby local [Read More…]

(Getty Images stock photo) (NEW YORK) — Eating more ultra-processed foods is linked to higher health risks, including death, according to a new study published in Family Medicine and Community Health.  Researchers found that consuming [Read More…]

Closeup of a mosquito. (Getty Images stock photo) (NEW YORK) — Los Angeles County is seeing the highest number of West Nile virus cases in nearly a decade, health officials said Monday. The county has reported [Read More…]

GLP-1 injection pen and medication vial for subcutaneous use. (Getty Images stock photo) Dozens of Americans have filed personal injury lawsuits against the makers of popular GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro, claiming they [Read More…]

Illustration of measles virus particle. (Getty Images/Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library) (NEW YORK) — Pennsylvania health officials confirmed two additional measles-associated deaths in the state on Tuesday, bringing the total number of deaths in 2026 to [Read More…]

Packages of Taylor Farms salad greens are displayed at a Safeway store on July 16, 2026, in Kings Beach, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that [Read More…]

An illustration of Legionella pneumophila bacteria, the cause of Legionnaires’ disease. (Roger Harris/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — New York City is experiencing another cluster of Legionnaires’ disease just weeks after a cluster exposure [Read More…]

(Getty Images stock photo) (NEW YORK) — Walking faster for 30 minutes per day can lower the risk of death in some adults, a new study suggests. Researchers from Australia and Spain looked at 1approximately 70, [Read More…]

A healthcare professional examines a chest X-ray displayed on a tablet. (Getty Images/Tom Werner) (NEW YORK) — A new drug appeared to show promise in reducing rates of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) symptoms in [Read More…]

On Aug. 28, 2026, Everything Sprouts, LLC expanded its recall to include certain lots of Robust Radish Sprout Mix because it has the potential for cross-contamination with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) or Salmonella from [Read More…]

Microscopic 3D render of Naegleria fowleri flagellate stage with twin flagella swimming in aquatic environment. (Stock photo koto_feja/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A North Carolina teenager has died after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria [Read More…]

FDA sign at its headquarters in Washington, D.C.  (Getty Images stock photo/JHVEPhoto) (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved on Wednesday a drug that could extend the survival of those with metastatic pancreatic cancer. The [Read More…]

Measles, Mumps, Rubella vaccine (Getty stock photo/Kittisak Kaewchalun) (NEW YORK) — Two people have died in Pennsylvania from measles, the state health department said Tuesday. Both were unvaccinated. These the first deaths related to measles [Read More…]

A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — At least 55 people have [Read More…]

Stock photo of a doctor examining a patient’s skin. (Lordhenrivoton/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Merck and Moderna announced Wednesday that a personalized mRNA-based cancer vaccine succeeded in a large, late-stage trial among high-risk patients [Read More…]

Elizabeth Schulze and Allison Pecorin, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seeking more information about what she called the administration’s “calamitous” response to the cyclosporiasis [Read More…]

Cyclospora cayetanensis is a unicellular parasite that causes an intestinal infection called cyclosporiasis. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) (NEW YORK) — Cases of cyclosporiasis have topped 24,000, according to the most recent data from the Centers [Read More…]

(Catherine McQueen/Getty Images stock photo) (NEW YORK) — Taylor Farms is now pulling more than a dozen products with jalapenos from grocery stores across the United States. It’s the latest recall as part of the salmonella [Read More…]