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Study: Over 800M Adults Worldwide Have Diabetes

UK: Details of Assisted Dying Bill Published

UK: COVID Critic Jailed for Inciting Violence

Wildfires Burn on Both US Coasts

Hyundai and Kia recall 208,000 EVs

TechCrunch16 hrs

A desire for good food flips gender roles in the only nation where men cook more than women

What to know about Trump's picks for CDC, FDA and surgeon general

NPR Online News12 hrs

Trump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former Congressman to lead public health agencies

Associated Press12 hrs

Study: Eli Lilly Pill Cuts Genetic High Cholesterol 86%

Nigeria Begins Mpox Vaccination Program After Delays

Report: Measles Cases Increased 20% Worldwide in 2023

Study: Aggressive Cancer Can be Treated by Targeting Rogue DNA

Dave Coulier and when everyone in your family gets cancer

USA Today38 mins

Dr. Oz Said Reopening Schools During Pandemic Would Be Worth 2%-3% More Kids Dying?

How Democrats Lost The Plot On Education

Daily Caller2 hrs

Climate change plays a role in global rise of dengue fever

NPR Online News5 hrs

New treatments offer hope for older patients with a deadly cancer diagnosis

New York Hospital Performs First Fully Robotic Double-Lung Transplant

Trump Nominates Dr. Mehmet Oz to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid

Trump Picks RFK Jr. as Health Secretary

WHO: Tuberculosis Now Top Killer Among Infectious Diseases

A star urologist preyed on men and boys. Why didn't his hospitals stop the abuse?

As many as 1 in 5 people won’t lose weight with GLP-1 drugs, experts say

Associated Press1 hr

Oregon Poised To Force Health Insurers To Cover Trans Genital Surgeries for Children—or Risk Losing Their Licenses

Washington Free Beacon1 hr

As Trump Taps RFK Jr. for Health Secretary, a Look Back at Kennedy’s Claims

Trump picks Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon, for FDA chief

India: New Delhi Pollution Hits 50 Times WHO Limit

India: New Delhi Shuts Primary Schools as Air Quality Worsens

Pakistan: Schools Close in Lahore as Air Pollution Hits Record Level

Serbia Roof Collapse Kills At Least 14

Los Angeles officials still on ‘progressive warpath’ despite overwhelming voter rebuke of leftist policies

Parked EV crashes into restaurant; four pedestrians injured

Korea Herald1 day

Trump’s Cabinet And Key Jobs: Scott Bessent Named As Treasury Secretary Pick, Russell Vought Tapped As OMB Head

Black Plastic Cooking Utensils Can Expose You to Toxic Chemicals?

Future Google supplier Kairos gets approval to build two small nuclear reactors

TechCrunch1 day

Los Angeles County Sues Coca-Cola and Pepsi Over Plastic Bottles

McDonald's Pulls Onions That Likely Caused E.coli Outbreak

Newsom Signs California School Ban on Artificial Additives

UK to Ban Junk Food TV Ads

Kimchi mac and cheese, please: Swap in banchan for your typical Thanksgiving sides

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Over 72K pounds of meat, poultry recalled in deadly listeria outbreak

New York Post2 hrs

What to know about creatine, the gym supplement with wide benefits

New Scientist1 day

No need to overload your cranberry sauce with sugar this holiday season − a food scientist explains how to cook with fewer added sweeteners

The Conversation1 day

Ecuador: 60-Day Emergency Declared Over Drought, Wildfires

Report: Wildfires Damaging Peru's Ecosystems

Portugal Requests Help From Europe as Wildfires Rage

California, Nevada Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations

Crews battle large fire at manufacturing business' petroleum tank farm in Tulsa, Oklahoma

USA Today3 days

Fire at Posco plant in Pohang extinguished, but raises safety concerns

Korea HeraldNov 09

India’s Capital Chokes Under ‘Severe Plus’ Pollution—Emergency Measures Enacted Including School Shutdowns

Fire in a Northern India Hospital Kills 10 Newborn Babies

Can sensor technology stop a wildfire before it starts?

New ScientistOct 19

White House: Insurance Should Cover Over-the-Counter Birth Control

Biden Administration Announces First Medicare-Negotiated Drug Prices

Walmart Shutting Down All Health Clinics and Virtual Care Service

Senior Doctors in England Accept Pay Offer, End Strikes

How Trump Could Weaken the Affordable Care Act

Scientific American11 hrs

Trump taps Dr. Mehmet Oz to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Business Insider3 days

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk

ProPublica5 hrs

Trump picks TV personality and former Senate candidate Mehmet Oz to run Medicare and Medicaid agency

Trump’s Administration Will Attack Health Care from Multiple Angles

Scientific AmericanNov 09