Switzerland’s medical products authority has granted the first approval for a malaria medicine designed for small infants. It ...

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. New research reveals dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic in local fish, raising urgent concerns for child health and food safety in Ghana’s Keta Lagoon communities.

The 2024 National Youth Tobacco Survey found that 1.63 million kids — 5.9% of all U.S. middle and high school students — were current e-cigarette users. Over a quarter (26.3%) of those kids were using ...

If Congress approves canceling $1 billion in federal funding for the U.N. system, experts say it will exacerbate a financial ...

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Infectious disease specialist Monica Gandhi, MD examines recent claims about the safety of thimerosal, a preservative used in ...

Novartis and a Swiss nonprofit have made history, scoring the world’s first approval for a medicine to treat babies who are ...

Authorities in northwest China say over 200 kindergarten students were found to have abnormally high lead levels in their blood after their school added paint to food.

Bullish on their success, the global public health enterprise turned to another threat: polio. Eliminating polio would ...

Some 2.6 billion people in 79 countries are covered by smoke-free policies in indoor public places, the WHO reports.