Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...

Young people who took to the streets to protest corruption and poor job prospects could face decades in maximum-security prison under a set of laws set up to combat al Qaeda.

The ouster comes at a tumultuous time for the embattled health agency. Other top officials also submitted their resignations Wednesday.

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Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of state...

The Texas Department of State Health Services declared the end of this year's measles outbreak, which has seen 762 confirmed cases​ and two deaths in the state.

A year ago, on Aug. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Why are health experts so frustrated by the world's response?

Researchers should not have to endure death threats or public attacks when they engage publicly and try to combat misinformation.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach t...

The conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia started in November 2020 between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), with involvement from Eritrean military forces who were ca...

A missile killed Diana Koshyk and her unborn son in the hospital where she was being treated, near a building Ukrainian soldiers used as a warehouse.

The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

There have been more measles cases in the US this year than any other since the disease was declared eliminated a quarter-century ago.

Read an open letter to the general public from the AMA and medical societies backing vaccination to protect against respiratory viruses.

Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.

When Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, Justice Samuel Alito asserted that the pro-choice arguments that had upheld Roe for nearly half a century were “damaging” and “wrong.” He wrote that “the conte...

States must act swiftly to protect their residents — especially children and the vulnerable.

So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) deplores the additional designations for sanctions which were announced today by the United States of four judges of the Court: Second Vice-President Reine Adela...

Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the U.S. CDC resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the agency, two sources familiar with the move told Reuters.

Early signs suggest NB.1.8.1 may be more transmissible than earlier variants, likely due to mutations in the spike protein. But there’s no evidence it’s more severe.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Sunday called for an urgent ceasefire and protection of civilians in Gaza following Israeli airstrikes that killed two of its employees. ICRC sta...

More than 200 Ukrainian POWs have died in Russian prisons since Moscow's full-scale invasion three years ago.

Iranian authorities are carrying out a horrific execution spree, with at least 110 reported executions in April 2025 alone.

The criticism of The Lancet, NEJM and JAMA is not new, but the health secretary may use his position to influence research that journals publish.

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Haitians with HIV are defying stigma as they publicly denounce USAID cuts implemented by the administration of U.S.