A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) says the number of people infected with tuberculosis increased worldwide. The United Nations health agency said more than 10 million people around the world became sick with tuberculosis (TB) in...
Studies Aim to Find Long COVID Treatments Lauren Nichols has been suffering from bad health effects since her COVID-19 infection in the spring of 2020. The 34-year-old worker for the U.S. Department of Transportation in Boston has had problems with t...
Children's hospitals in parts of the United States are reporting a worrying surge in respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. The common virus affects the breathing system, usually causing minor sickness like a runny nose and cough. But RSV infections ca...
Study: Your Smell Could Attract Mosquitoes A new study finds that some people attract mosquitoes much more than others, and it probably involves the way they smell. The researchers found that people who attract mosquitoes the most produce a lot of ce...
Is a Worm the Next Invasive Threat? Just as North Americans became used seeing the lanternfly insect, there is another invasive animal population on the rise: the Asian jumping worm. Its scientific name is Amynthas agrestis. But it is also known as A...
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is preparing to deploy experimental Ebola vaccines to Uganda. The WHO's representative in Uganda, Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, said Wednesday the deployment would happen in about two weeks. The two vaccines be...
Saving Seeds for Next Years Flower Garden Just like vegetable seeds, you can save flower seeds from your garden this year to plant the following. Jessica Damiano writes about gardening for the Associated Press. She shares some tips for saving your fl...
Plant Garlic Now for Next Summers Harvest You might think most people like to plant cold-weather greens like kale, or Brussels sprouts. But Jessica Damiano learned from search data that the most popular fall-planted crop in the United States is ... g...
Doctors Say Get a Flu Shot This Season Some doctors believe COVID-19 restrictions that kept many people at home over the last two years reduced the number of flu cases. However, many countries have removed pandemic restrictions. Now, cold weather is...
Experts Say US Adults Should Get Tested for Anxiety An influential health guidelines group in the United States says doctors should test adult patients for anxiety, as part of usual care. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent grou...
Regrow Vegetables to Reduce Waste, Save Money Gardening is a natural way to reuse leftover materials. For example, using leftover plant material to enrich soil, also called composting, is a good way to reuse uneaten food. Growing food from parts of p...
Teen Interest in Long-Lasting Birth Control Rises after Roe v. Wade Overturn For about a year, 16-year-old Adismarys Abreu had been thinking about the possibility of getting a long-lasting birth control device. She was seeking a solution to her incre...
Experimental Drug Slows Decline among Alzheimers Patients Drugmakers Biogen and Eisai say their experimental drug lecanemab slowed the progress of Alzheimer's disease in a large human study the companies did. The results could mean a rare victory in...
Women in Zimbabwe Protect Children with Secret Vaccinations At a health center in Zimbabwe, a large group of women holding babies hurried to take their places on wooden seats. Separately, a health worker took a different group of worried mothers and...
How to Bring Houseplants back Indoors As the cooler days of autumn arrive in the northern part of the world, people are clearing out old plants and planning new gardens for next year. However, plants that spent summer days outside will also need help...