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Cats sit on steps at Grazing Plains Farm in Newton, Kansas, in May. Researchers are keeping a close eye on the mounting cases of bird flu infections in cats.

WORLD / Science & Health

Dec 28, 2024

New bird flu mutation discovered in U.S. as cat infections cause alarm

Several experts cautioned that it was too early to determine whether these changes would make the virus more transmissible or more severe in people.

A member of the medical staff treats a woman with COVID-19 next to her four-day-old baby at a hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, in November 2021.

WORLD / Science & Health

Dec 27, 2024

COVID pregnancies may have boosted autism risk, study shows

By Jason Gale

"There’s something really going on,” pediatric infectious diseases physician Karin Nielsen says. "We don’t want to alarm the world, but that’s what our data are showing.”

Furaha Elisabeth applies medication on the skin of her child Sagesse Hakizimana, who is under treatment for Mpox, an infectious disease caused by the Mpox virus that causes a painful rash, enlarged lymph nodes and fever, at a health center in the Congo on Aug 19.

WORLD / Science & Health

Dec 24, 2024

Global disease resurgence in 2024 shows rising health threat

By Karoline Kan

The findings seek to renew the focus on the rise of preventable and climate-sensitive diseases, as well as a coordinated global response.

A new — and severe — case of bird flu in the United States has raised alarms, with California declaring an emergency to ramp up its response.

WORLD / Science & Health

Dec 19, 2024

First severe bird flu case in U.S. sparks alarm

By Issam AHMED

The new case brings the total number of infections in the United States during the current 2024 outbreak to 61.

People in the U.S. live with illness for 12.4 years on average — up from 10.9 years in 2000, according to a study published by the American Medical Association.

WORLD / Science & Health

Dec 12, 2024

Americans spend more years sick than rest of world, study finds

By Amber Tong

Mental and substance-use disorders are the biggest factors to blame in the U.S., along with musculoskeletal diseases.

An employee holds a chocolate bar at Chocovi, in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on May 10.

WORLD / Science & Health

Dec 9, 2024

Could dark chocolate reduce your risk of diabetes?

By Alice Callahan

While a new study links the food to a possible reduced risk, one researcher cautions that it is not a "magic bullet."

Since Oct. 24, there have been 406 cases of an unidentified illness in Congo’s southwest.

WORLD / Science & Health

Dec 9, 2024

‘Disease X’ outbreak widens as U.N. sends health team to Congo

By Jason Gale and Janice Kew

The unidentified illness is marked by fever, headache, cough, runny nose, and body aches, with 31 deaths currently on record.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

A man offers prayers at Hebikubo Shrine in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward. The shrine is one of several across the country dedicated to the snake.

Shed your skin and reinvent yourself in the Year of the Snake

By Kathryn Wortley

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