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Philadelphia health officials reported a possible measles exposure at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) on Sept. 11, with preventive antibody treatments being administered to infants in the neonatal intensive care unit.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has started vaccinating frontline health workers in Ituri province against Ebola as the outbreak continues to spread. Some 50,000 workers will receive the Ervebo vaccine, developed for the Zaire strain, to assess its effectiveness against the Bundibugyo strain causing the current outbreak, according to aljazeera.com.
Pennsylvania has asked the CDC for help containing an expanding measles outbreak that has seen several deaths, but will withdraw the request unless the agency recognizes four measles-associated deaths reported by the state, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
A body has been found in the search for Noah Woods, a 3-year-old autistic and non-verbal boy who went missing in Suffolk, England, on Tuesday. Police say the discovery is currently being treated as unexplained.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared that the Ebola outbreak has peaked, as infection rates begin to slow down, according to health authorities.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has recorded more than 7,000 cases in its worst Ebola outbreak yet, according to Congolese authorities. The latest figures show 7,022 cases, with 3,398 deaths.
Phil Collins nearly died from alcohol use but insists he 'didn't know he had a problem,' according to The Sunday Times Magazine.
The U.S. is revisiting the use of firing squads for executions due to drug shortages and ethical concerns, according to a report from Al Jazeera.
Dolly Parton's sister, Stella Parton, revealed the country music legend kept her cancer battle private out of concern for her fans. According to a CBS News interview, Dolly didn’t want people to worry.
At least five people were killed and several injured after an Amazon-branded cargo plane overran the runway and struck multiple vehicles at Miami International Airport. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Egyptian television presenter Sarah Khalifa and 11 others have been sentenced to death by hanging for drug-related charges, according to state media. The verdict, announced last month, was confirmed after the court obtained a religious opinion from the grand mufti of Egypt.
Alcohol-related cancer deaths in the US have more than doubled over three decades, according to a study published in the Lancet Regional Health.
A transplanted pig kidney functioned in a human body for 271 days, the longest yet recorded. According to the Lancet medical journal, the organ was transplanted into a 66-year-old man with end-stage kidney disease.
Tim Curry, the British actor best known for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' died at age 80 on August 25 in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health determined coronary artery disease was the cause of death, with stroke and kidney cancer listed as contributing factors.
British actor Tim Curry, best known for his role in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' died of coronary artery disease at the age of 80, his spokesman confirmed to the BBC.
Tiger Woods plans to change his not guilty plea in a DUI case stemming from a rollover crash in Florida, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
Lola Young surprised fans at Reading Festival with a final day performance after canceling shows last year due to health issues, according to BBC.
The fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak in history has reached two new health zones in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with a total of 60 areas now affected, according to the latest government figures.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has started vaccinating front-line healthcare workers against Ebola, using the Ervebo vaccine to protect those at highest risk. About 20,000 of the doses will also be used in a clinical trial to test the vaccine's effectiveness against the latest strain.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Rasonque, a breakthrough drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, which nearly doubles median survival rates in clinical trials.
A Frankfurt Airport worker has died of malaria after a rare outbreak led to six employees contracting the serious infection spread by mosquitoes, according to German public health officials.
A new study has found that the shingles vaccine Shingrix is associated with a 12% lower risk of cardiovascular diagnoses, potentially offering heart disease benefits comparable to daily blood pressure medication.
Two unvaccinated people in Pennsylvania have died from measles, the first US deaths from the disease in 2026 and the first in the state in 35 years, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Sean Grayson, the former Sangamon County deputy convicted of killing 36-year-old Sonya Massey, died in an Illinois prison, according to his attorney. Grayson, 32, had been serving a 20-year sentence after being found guilty of second-degree murder.
Children make up half of the mpox cases in Guinea-Bissau as the epidemic spreads, local authorities said. The country declared a national outbreak on 4 July.
