Last week, the WHO warned that the next Covid variant will be even more contagious than omicron. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an epidemic occurs when the number of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed over the past five years from a catastrophic threat that has killed over 7 million people to what most people regard today as a tolerable annoyance that doesn't ...

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Despite improvements in the rates of sexually transmitted diseases across the country, the infection rate remains high in Georgia, especially for gonorrhea and chlamydia, according to data released ...

A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state ...

Chronic kidney disease is a global public health concern, defined as sustained damage to the renal parenchyma that results in deterioration of kidney function with eventual progression to end-stage ...

Chronic kidney disease is a silent epidemic that is often diagnosed too late, leading to limited treatment options and poor ...

Many of the effects of climate change play out at a very large scale: Heatwaves that grip entire continents. Flooding that submerges vast swaths of island nations and continental coastal areas. Other ...

In reality, however, by the time Champlain reached the lake he would name for himself, a European influx of another sort had likely already devastated Vermont’s native population. This invasion didn’t ...

Growing scientific evidence suggests that climate change could drive kidney disease in the coming decades, as rising ...