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The silent eye problem is growing among smartphone users — And most people don't know they have it

An eye specialist has warned that many people are unknowingly suffering from a blinking-related problem that can lead to chronic dry eye syndrome and affect vision if left untreated.

What’s in your food? New figures reveal a massive global health crisis

Children aged less than five years face almost three times the risk of illness from unsafe food than older children and adults, according to new estimates released recently by the World H ...

Shocking Case: Scientists accused of smuggling deactivated Mpox virus into America

Two scientists have been charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to smuggle monkeypox into the United States and making false statements to federal law enforcement, United States ...

Fatty liver could be quietly doubling your heart attack risk, shocking study finds

A large multicenter clinical trial has found that individuals with hepatic steatosis—commonly known as fatty liver disease—have significantly more rupture-prone plaque in thei ...

New study reveals 8 percent of Americans have no health insurance coverage

The United States remains one of the few developed countries where a significant share of the population lacks health insurance coverage, with around 27 million Americans — nearly 8 ...

New Ebola crisis: Russia claims creating vaccine that can work against deadly Bundibugyo variant

Russia has claimed to have developed a vaccine that may offer protection against Bundibugyo, the rare Ebola strain currently upticking cases in Central Africa.

Global panic warning? WHO chief demands immediate Ebola action plan

The recent Ebola and hantavirus outbreaks demonstrate that the world is still vulnerable to rapidly spreading infectious diseases, Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organiz ...

US adds Atlanta, Houston to Ebola screening list ahead of World Cup

The United States government has expanded its Ebola screening protocol by adding two major airports — Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and George Bush Intercon ...

Global Ebola risk still low despite Congo outbreak surge: WHO

The World Health Organization has raised the public health risk level of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from “high” to “very high&rdq ...