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A plan to get lifesaving food to malnourished kids was working -- until it wasn't
Adama Faye (right), a community health worker, weighs the son of Ndiolle Diouf at the health clinic in the village of Keur Mbar to determine if he is malnourished. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption Diarra and Khadim, …
Safe blood supply improves as voluntary donations exceed 85%, but many people still lack access
New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show sustained progress towards safer blood supplies globally but also highlight persistent inequalities in access to safe blood and weaknesses in governance, financing …
'I've never been this good' – revolutionary immune reset puts lupus in remission
An experimental treatment that resets a malfunctioning immune system has put the disease lupus into remission in early UK trials. Experts say the approach could potentially treat similar disorders including multiple sc…
Sophia Mulei, a laboratory technologist, works with a control sample inside the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Laboratory at Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebb…
A pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy has been approved in the UK, meaning people can soon buy it with a prescription. It is the first tab…
Nearly 3,000 patients a day had to be cared for in hospital corridors or make-shift treatment areas rather in a bed on a ward in England last month, figures sh…
The FDA approved a new sunscreen ingredient for the U.S. Bemotrizinol has long been used in Europe and Asia. The chemical compound protects against UVA and UVB…
The Trump administration has imposed tough restrictions in response to hantavirus and Ebola, including quarantine orders and travel bans. That's despite past c…
APRNs — advanced practice registered nurses — help provide access to health care especially in areas where there may be a shortage. Strict regulations in some …
At the Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi, yoga has become a popular activity for the people living there. We meet the two people who brought the practice to the c…
Thousands of men in England who have prostate cancer will be offered high-powered precision radiotherapy that will slash the number of treatment sessions they …
Lives are "still at risk" from the unregulated baby sleep industry, a parliament debate was told last night. MPs are now urging the government to set out a ti…
A new drug called apitegromab could help people on obesity jabs avoid unwanted muscle decline that's been linked to flat bums or "Ozempic butt", according to r…
Footballer Christian Eriksen is in "good spirits" and is expected to be discharged from hospital soon, after he collapsed during an international match between…
