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The Trump administration plans to slash annual discretionary spending at the US federal health department by around one-third, or $40 billion, The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing a draft budget document.

Vaccination rates for children have fallen below critical disease-prevention thresholds in more than 8,000 schools across the United States, and vaccine hesitancy is not the only reason, according to a health policy expert with the Texas A&M University School of Public Health.

Published in the journal Food Quality and Preference, new research highlights how physiological signals, particularly those transmitted via the vagus nerve, interact with socioeconomic factors to shape dietary behavior.

Adults younger than 50 years of age had more than double the risk of having a stroke from migraine or other nontraditional stroke risk factors rather than traditional risks such as high blood pressure, according to research published in Stroke.

A FEMALE student and two businesswomen are in court for allegedly illegally trafficking in over 30 kilogrammes (kg) of marijuana. Hildah Nyandoro, 39, of Lusaka’s Makeni Konga, Loveness Chigutsa, 48, of Hillside, Bulawayo, both businesswomen, and Grace Chigutsa,34, a student, also from Hillside, Bulawayo, are charged with trafficking in psychotropic substances on November 5, 2024. […]

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The start of deer hunting season in the US—when firearms and ammunition are more available in certain states—is associated with increases in both hunting and non-hunting-related firearm incidents, including violent crime and suicide, finds a study published by The BMJ.

European research led by University College London (UCL), together with Amsterdam UMC and the University of Basel, shows that a significant proportion of patients who suffer a stroke due to carotid artery narrowing can be treated with medication only.

A new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health suggests a changing climate threatens the continuous availability of safe blood across the world.

New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) and published in The Journal of Internal Medicine shows that, in survivors of breast cancer, having an unhealthy metabolic profile or so-called metabolic syndrome increases the risk of breast cancer recurrence by 69%, and subsequent breast cancer mortality by 83%.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a self-injection version of Vyvgart Hytrulo (efgartigimod alfa and hyaluronidase-qvfc) for the treatment of adult patients with generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) who are anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody-positive and adult patients with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).