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Ahead of World Health Day, experts reiterate importance of govt's One Health approach in preventing future zoonotic outbreaks
The government's focus on the 'One Health' approach, recognising the interconnection between human,…
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What you need to know about eating meat, dairy, and eggs during the bird flu outbreak, according to a food safety expert
Avian flu has been detected in multiple US states. A food safety expert explained how you should th…
Julia Pugachevsky
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Ohio announced an outbreak of pneumonia. Similar outbreaks are happening in China and Europe.
Ohio, China, Denmark and the Netherlands are all experiencing pneumonia outbreaks in children. Publ…
Kate Hull
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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Bird flu particles were found in pasteurized milk. A former surgeon general says he isn't changing what he eats.
Store-bought milk may contain genetic fragments of H5N1 bird flu virus, but a former surgeon genera…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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More than 250 passengers taken ill after suspected 'vomiting bug' outbreak aboard cruise ship, report says
A P&O spokesperson told BI that there had been numerous reports of guests with "gastrointestinal sy…
Cameron Manley
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2 reasons China's mysterious respiratory illness outbreak isn't the new COVID, according to the WHO
Parts of China have seen a surge in respiratory illnesses in children. But health officials said co…
Kim Schewitz
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Michael Pollan's deliciously simple meal plan to avoid ultra-processed foods — and where it falls short
Michael Pollan, the author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma," is out with a sequel to his 2008 documentar…
Hilary Brueck
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What to know about mycoplasma bacteria giving children pneumonia in China, amid a respiratory illness outbreak
Mycoplasma, which can cause walking pneumonia, is among the bugs that Chinese officials say are beh…
Kim Schewitz
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We've been thinking about loneliness all wrong
Everyone from the surgeon general to mental-health startups have misdiagnosed America's problem.
Eliza Relman
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My dad offered me $5,000 to get sober, and I agreed. I've now been sober for 3 years, and we're closer than ever.
My dad offered me money from the sale of my grandparents' house to get sober. It's been three years…
Emily Tisshaw
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This high schooler won $10,000 because he saw a mysterious outbreak killing sea turtles in his Hawaii hometown and decided to do something about it
Hawaii's green sea turtles are dying from mysterious tumors. Maddux Alexander Springer spent 400 ho…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Ellyn Lapointe
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A salmonella outbreak tied to cantaloupe has sickened people in 32 states and killed 2. Here are the brands that have been recalled.
Brands like Aldi, Malichita, Freshness Guaranteed, and Rudy have issued recalls after at least 99 p…
Meredith Cash
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What bedbug bites look like and how to avoid them while traveling, as Paris hit by outbreak
Bedbugs are "widespread" in the French capital according to Paris' deputy mayor.
Serafina Kenny
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A California man is on a ventilator in France after he got botulism from sardines on vacation, in an outbreak that has killed one person
A Californian man has been hospitalized while on vacation in France after developing botulism from …
Serafina Kenny
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An eye surgeon in China repeatedly punched an 82-year-old patient he was operating on, video shows
A doctor in China was caught on video appearing to punch an 82-year-old patient multiple times in t…
Alia Shoaib
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Russian soldiers are facing a 'mouse fever' outbreak on the frontlines, Ukrainian intel says
Ukrainian intelligence says "mouse fever" carried by rodents is running rampant among Russian soldi…
Paul Squire
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A stomach flu outbreak aboard a Celebrity Cruises ship has left 100 people sick
Of the 13 norovirus cruise ship outbreaks in 2023, three were aboard Celebrity's ships. This is the…
Brittany Chang
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No new Covid variants emerged during China's recent outbreak: Lancet study
No new Covid-19 variants have emerged in China during the recent surge in infections since the coun…
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Japan killed 17 million chickens amid an outbreak of bird flu. Now it's running out of space to bury them.
Birds are culled to prevent the risk of the virus infecting other animals and humans, which in turn…