Science & Health
Ebola Has a 70% Chance of Reaching South Sudan, WHO Study Warns — and There Is Still No Vaccine
A modelling study published Thursday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases by researchers from the World Health Organization has warned that the 2026 Ebola outbreak...
Ebola Outbreak Could Become the Worst on Record — CDC Releases $107 Million as Cases Pass 875
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced $107 million in emergency funding on June 18 to combat an expanding Ebola outbreak in...
Why Climate Change Is Increasingly Being Treated as a Public Health Issue
For many years, climate change discussions focused primarily on the environment. Rising temperatures. Melting ice. Sea-level rise. Extreme weather....
The UK Is Banning Social Media for Under-16s — And the World Is Watching
The United Kingdom enacted a law on June 15 banning children under the age of 16 from accessing social...
“I’m Being Held Hostage” — American Quarantined Against Her Will After Hantavirus Cruise Outbreak
Three people died and eight cases were confirmed when the rare Andes hantavirus — the only hantavirus strain with...
Sweden Is Banning Phones in Schools — Here’s What the Research Actually Shows
Sweden — once a world leader in integrating digital technology into classroom education — will ban mobile phones in...
US Aid Cuts Are Reversing Decades of HIV Progress in Africa — “The Stench of Death Is Returning”
The Trump administration's dismantling of PEPFAR and USAID global health programmes has disrupted HIV treatment and prevention services across...
The World’s Most Beautiful Diving Paradise Is Being Mined — and Indonesia Is Letting It Happen
Raja Ampat, an archipelago of around 600 islands in Indonesia's West Papua province that contains the most biodiverse marine...