Health

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, on Saturday instructed leaders of the nonprofit he founded to take down a web page that mimicked the design of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s site but laid out a case that vaccines cause autism. The page had been published on a site apparently registered to the nonprofit, the anti-vaccine …

Perhaps the most enduring public moment for Mrs. Dukakis during the campaign was a debate question posed about her. The debate moderator, Bernard Shaw of CNN, had asked Mr. Dukakis: “Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer?” “No, I don’t, Bernard,” Mr. Dukakis replied without emotion before reaffirming his …

This file photo taken on August 16, 2022 shows a patient showing his hand with a sore caused by an infection of the mpox virus, in the isolation area for mpox patients at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital, in Lima, Peru. — AFP  Man contracts mpox virus from wife, who recently travelled abroad.  Patient placed in isolation ward, strict measures implemented. …

Joan Presky worries about dementia. Her mother lived with Alzheimer’s disease for 14 years, the last seven in a memory-care residence, and her maternal grandfather developed dementia, too. “I’m 100 percent convinced that this is in my future,” said Ms. Presky, 70, a retired attorney in Thornton, Colo. Last year, she spent almost a full day with a neuropsychologist, undergoing …

This representational image shows water being poured into a glass. — Pexels People might overlook the simple practice of drinking water first thing in the morning, on an empty stomach, but in reality, it is a highly beneficial morning ritual. The practice of drinking water on an empty stomach in the morning flushes toxins, aiding digestion and revitalising organs, especially …

Kilmer S. McCully, a pathologist at Harvard Medical School in the 1960s and ’70s whose colleagues banished him to the basement for insisting — correctly, it turned out — that homocysteine, an amino acid, was being overlooked as a possible risk factor for heart disease, died on Feb. 21 at his home in Winchester, Mass. He was 91. His daughter, …

Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent, BBC News PA Media Ida Lock died a week after she suffered serious brain injuries around the time of her delivery A newborn baby died due to the gross failure of three midwives to provide basic medical care, a corner has ruled. Ida Lock was born at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) on 9 November …

A medical laboratory technician at the Wits Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit works in the research lab at the Wits University Faculty of Health Sciences in Johannesburg, South Africa, February 14, 2025. — Reuters  Gene therapy, with its offer of a possible cure for rare diseases like sickle cell, is losing early investors to higher-reward sectors like obesity and cancer, as …

Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News Getty Images Repeated failures in how CTs, X-rays and other medical scans are being interpreted are leading to avoidable patient deaths and delays in diagnosing cancer, England’s health ombudsman has warned. The most common problems include doctors failing to spot abnormalities, scans being delayed or not carried out, and results not being followed up …

An investigation has been launched into allegations that unauthorised people were allowed to watch procedures being carried out in hospital operating theatres. Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said it was undertaking an internal review following the “deeply concerning” allegations. An internal staff survey found that previous concerns regarding unauthorised people in theatres had been raised but not thoroughly investigated, …