Preliminary data from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. has seen 8,485 cases of whooping cough in 2025. That's twice as many cases as this time last year, based on the CDC’s final tally. Rates of whooping cough started soaring l…

New research shows that exercise may protect brain function even when the body can’t produce ketones, a vital energy source for cognition.

H5N1 bird flu has now crossed into U.S. dairy cattle for the first time, and alarmingly, it did so through just one spillover from a wild bird. This single event, traced back to Texas in mid-to-late 2023, led to months of undetected cow-to-cow spread across m…

Mind blanking—the experience of thinking about nothing—has often been misunderstood or lumped together with mind wandering.

Health researchers caution that Bisphenol S (BPS), an endocrine disruptor present in paper receipts, can rapidly absorb into the skin, leading to a notice of...

A team of health researchers at the National Institute of Gastroenterology, in Italy, has found an association between regularly eating poultry and early death due to digestive system cancers. In their study published in the journal Nutrients, the group analy…

Concerned that the nation’s health leadership is casting unfounded doubt on the safety of well-studied vaccines and may take action to curb their use, a group of public health experts is working to put pieces in place to respond.

"Playing with mercury. My parents did this at school and at home. I played with asbestos..."

Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.