New research shows that it’s not just the amount of screen time that affects young people's mental health, but how compulsively they use digital devices, with addictive behaviors linked to anxiety, depression, and poor sleep.
Despite advancements in healthcare access and vaccine distribution, California’s life expectancy has failed to rebound to pre-COVID levels. Experts point to widening health disparities, mental health crises, and socioeconomic stressors as key barriers to recovery.
Major U.S. medical organizations have filed a federal lawsuit against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), alleging that their promotion and tolerance of vaccine misinformation has led to preventable harm, public distrust, and declining immunization rates.
A sudden outbreak of anthrax in parts of East and Central Africa has left health officials scrambling to contain the disease and uncover its origins. The unusual spread pattern, involving both human and livestock infections, has raised fears of environmental triggers, poor surveillance, and even potential biosecurity breaches.
Years after the Zika virus outbreak shook Latin America and the world, families caring for children with congenital Zika syndrome and researchers studying the virus say they are being left behind. With attention and funding diverted to newer crises, Zika’s long-term victims are struggling in silence.
Aspen Pharmacare is on the brink of securing a landmark license from Johnson & Johnson to manufacture and market a locally branded COVID‑19 vaccine for all African Union nations, a pivotal move toward vaccine sovereignty on the continent.
Dr. John Nkengasong, former director of Africa CDC, has officially become U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and PEPFAR head. His appointment brings African leadership and decades of public health experience to a program that has saved tens of millions of lives.
A promising HIV vaccine candidate has failed to show protection in a large-scale clinical trial across five African countries, dealing a major blow to decades-long efforts to find a reliable HIV vaccine. The result underscores the virus’s unique challenges and the urgent need for new approaches.
As Covid-19 surges in low- and middle-income countries, a basic yet critical medical need—oxygen—is proving to be the difference between life and death. Advocates and global health experts argue that investing in reliable oxygen access could save millions of lives now and in future pandemics.