A new study by researchers from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston University, Boston Medical Center, UMass Chan Medical School, and Brown University found that mental health concerns are being discussed more often during children's regular doctor visits. For the study, published in JAMA...
A new study published in the American Psychiatric Association journal suggested that giving a low dose of Buprenorphine after a single infusion of Ketamine helped reduce suicidal thoughts in adults with major depression for a longer time. The study included 50 adults with major depressive disorder...
President Donald Trump has announced an expansion of TrumpRx.gov to provide unprecedented price transparency and choice on generic medications that millions of Americans use every day. From now on, TrumpRx.gov will feature more than 600 generic medications. The White House said that Americans will be able to clearly and transparently understand the most competitive cash prices of their medicati
A day after the World Health Organization declared the new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo an international emergency, top global disease transmission experts stressed that the chances of another global pandemic similar to the 2019 coronavirus emergency are increasing all the time. "The world is not safer from pandemics", said experts from the Global Preparedness Monito
The United States has triggered a public health law to ban visitors from Africa's Ebola-hit region entering the country. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal agencies implemented enhanced travel screening, entry restrictions, and public health measures to prevent the viral disease from entering the United States amid ong
Studies published in Nutrients suggest that people who regularly eat watermelon may have healthier diets and better heart health. One study looked at information from a large US health survey called the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). In this 2022 study, researchers compared...
At least 100 people have died in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with more than 390 suspected cases reported so far, according to the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Health officials warn that the outbreak is spreading rapidly...
A recent study conducted over seven years has streamlined the testing and diagnosis of newborns with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), facilitating early intervention and treatment of infants before the development of symptoms. The U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) defines SCID as a rare...
The World Health Organization has declared the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, citing rising cases, cross-border spread and significant uncertainties about the scale of the epidemic. The decision, announced by WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus on Sunday, follows reports of both confirmed and suspected infections linked to the Bund
Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard poultry across 18 new states in the U.S. have sickened 150 more people. With this, the total count of infections rose to to 184, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. This includes 53 hospitalizations and one death in a person from Washington state. Over...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that currently 41 people across the U.S. are under monitoring for suspected hantavirus infection. They include passengers who were recently repatriated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship MV Hondius in Tenerife, and are now in ASPR Regional Emerging...
Oklahoma is set to require manufacturers and distributors of medical cannabis to get registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration if they want to keep their state permits, starting in 2027.
A new study published in Nature Mental Health found that people who use both cannabis and tobacco may face a higher risk of developing serious mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, especially if they are already considered at risk for psychosis. Researchers from Vanderbilt Health studied...
A new review published in The Lancet found that thousands of references used in biomedical research papers may be fake. "When those fake references are making it into the literature, they will end up in those guidelines, and that's how doctors decide how to provide care for you," lead author Maxim...
May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.