Category Health & Wellness

In his first month in office, President Donald Trump and his Administration have taken a number of actions affecting abortion and reproductive healthcare access, both within the United States and internationally—and reproductive rights advocates worry that more is still to…

Women lining up at a mobile tent for reproductive health services at a clinic in Zimbabwe MSI Zimbabwe/Arete/Tendai Marima The day Donald Trump took office as president of the United States, he issued an order temporarily pausing foreign aid, including…

This issue first came to a head last year, when antiabortion lawmakers in Alabama successfully passed a law declaring that embryos—including frozen ones at IVF clinics—were children. This caused all fertility clinics in the state to pause treatments, because embryos…

Cancer death rates are 60% higher for people living in the most deprived areas of the UK compared with those in more affluent areas, according to new analysis. There are 28,400 extra cancer deaths across the UK each year due…

Abortion rights advocates feared the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that opened the door to state abortion bans would also lead to tracking women and charging women who get abortions with murder. No states have allowed either, but the ideas,…

There are a record number of patients in hospital with Norovirus in England. Data from NHS England showed 1,160 patients a day on average were in hospital with the vomiting bug last week – double the level at the same…

Two dairy workers in Michigan may have transmitted bird flu to their pet cats last May, suggests a new study published on Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In one household, infected cats may also have passed…

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A little movement could help prevent dementia, even for frail older adults, suggests a new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The researchers found that engaging in as little as 35 minutes of…

To do so, they looked at different gut bacteria, as well as the genetic determinants of how the body interacts with metals. As graduate student and lead study author, Daniela Betancurt-Anzola M.S., notes in a news release, they were particularly…