When a child in a small Cambodian town fell sick recently, his rapid decline set off a global disease surveillance system.
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Scotland Pauses Gender Medications for Minors
The change followed a sweeping review by England’s National Health Service that found “remarkably weak” evidence for youth gender treatments.
W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases
After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.
The Push for a Better Dengue Vaccine Grows More Urgent
A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop the huge outbreak sweeping Latin America.
Global Stockpile of Cholera Vaccine Is Gone as Outbreaks Spread
One company is going to great lengths to build it up, but it will be years before it returns to the minimum level.
Should Alcoholic Beverages Have Cancer Warning Labels?
Ireland will require them starting in 2026, and there are nascent efforts elsewhere to add more explicit labeling about the health risks of drinking.
Eyeglasses Improve Income as Well as Sight, Study Shows
A study found that when farsighted workers in Bangladesh were given free reading glasses, they earned 33 percent more than those who had not.
He Had 217 Covid Shots Without Side Effects, Study Finds
Media accounts of a German man’s extreme vaccination history spurred researchers to analyze his immune responses.
Vaccines Didn’t Turn Back Mpox, Study Finds. People Did.
Behavior change among gay and bisexual men was more important than shots in curbing the spread, researchers concluded.
New Hope — and an Old Hurdle — for a Terrible Disease With Terrible Treatments
Researchers in developing countries are trying to find treatments for conditions that affect the poorest people. But the system is stacked against their therapies.