While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to me...

Research draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for London

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In the 1950s and 1960s, doctors gave the drug thalidomide to pregnant patients without telling them — and without FDA approval. Now those patients' children want recognition.

The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".

Local leaders and business owners defend Greenfield's Last Ditch bar amid a viral dispute over Saturday night masking policies.

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Alternative response programs, where mental health clinicians respond to 911 calls instead of police, have proliferated since George Floyd's murder. What does it take to do this work well?

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes the symptoms of long COVID in children.

Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...

As RSV season approaches in much of the country, the AAP and others are fighting for more babies to get immunized before leaving the hospital at birth instead of waiting for a pediatrician visit. But hospitals are running into roadblocks like the high cost of the immunizations and a struggle with insurance companies to negotiate a new payment structure for them.

The Telegraph published an article titled, “How having a disability became cool." This article shores up the government narrative that rising rates of disability are being driven, not by the ongoing a...

In July, MPs in the Assemblée Nationale approved the bill, which says that any law enforcement official who uses force is assumed to have acted legally in using their weapon. It now faces a vote in the Sénat.

A Microsoft executive admitted that AI companies like itself were plundering websites without giving them in return.

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Researchers say air monitoring complements wastewater testing in detecting respiratory pathogens from diverse populations, including asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic people.

Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists

Review due next week expected to say patients should be ‘triaged’ and offered support without formal diagnosis Proposals to limit the number of patients being formally diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have been atacked as “rationing” healthcare and pushing children and adults to self-diagnosis via social media. The comments come ahead of a government review due next week, which is expected to say that patients with ADHD symptoms should not automatically be formally diagnosed, but should be “triaged” and offered support without the need for a formal diagnosis. Continue reading...

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A Canadian survey tied repeat COVID-19 infections to 76% higher odds of a new diagnosis. Here is what it shows and what it cannot prove.

Sept. 14 marks the 152nd anniversary of the terrorist attack on New Orleans by the Crescent City White League, the white nationalist organization made up of former Confederate soldiers and led by weal...