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New research indicates that stroke incidence among Americans younger than 55 has roughly doubled compared with rates recorded in the 1990s. Researchers say they have not yet identified a clear explanation for the rise in younger patients.
Measles case counts in the United States have surpassed 3,500 so far this year, already exceeding the full-year total recorded in 2025. Health officials note that roughly 10% of this year's cases were reported within just the past two weeks, indicating the outbreak's pace is accelerating rather than slowing.
At a Hyrox competition in China, Australian record holder Joanna Wietrzyk went on to win the event despite fecal matter visibly running down her legs, contaminating shared equipment like rowing machines, sleds and medicine balls. Organizers allowed the competition to proceed, sparking widespread outrage online over the health risks posed to other athletes using the same stations.
A newly compiled dataset tracking all-cause mortality across 134 countries indicates that official COVID-19 death tolls were vastly understated, with excess deaths pointing to more than 6 million uncounted fatalities worldwide. The analysis suggests roughly half of governments either failed to accurately measure or deliberately concealed the true scale of pandemic deaths.
A global analysis covering 204 countries found that nearly 3 billion people are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke, contributing to roughly 1.7 million deaths each year. The research highlights that passive smoke exposure remains a major public health burden despite decades of anti-smoking campaigns.
A new study reports that annual U.S. deaths from cancers linked to alcohol consumption rose from about 11,400 in 1990 to more than 23,100 in 2023. The increase spans beyond liver cancer, pointing to a broader rise across multiple cancer types tied to drinking.
Conservation Through Public Health, working with the EU-Africa NESTLER project, gathered disease samples from cattle and poultry near Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and combined them with gorilla health monitoring records. The pooled data is being fed into AI models designed to predict zoonotic disease outbreaks before they spread among wildlife, livestock and people, shifting the group's approach from reactive response to proactive prevention.
Country music legend Dolly Parton has died at age 80 following a brief battle with cancer, her representatives announced. Beyond her decade-spanning music career and 10 Grammy wins, Parton was widely recognized for her philanthropic support of medical research, including a $1 million donation that helped fund Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine development at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She also lent her name, indirectly, to Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
A free interactive tool called 'What's the Risk?' launched in early August, letting users visually compare the risks of vaccines against the diseases they prevent, as well as everyday hazards like car crashes, drowning and lightning strikes. It was built by the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy alongside Unbiased Science, a public health platform led by scientist Jessica Steier. Currently it covers measles, MMR vaccine and RSV-related products, with plans to expand comparisons over time.
Amid deadly cholera outbreaks in the mid-1800s, Paris officials began treating public urination as a health hazard rather than a mere annoyance. After earlier attempts at hostile architecture failed to stop street urination, the city banned it outright in 1850 and installed pissoirs—elaborately decorated iron kiosks adorned with flowers, shells, and lion heads—to give people somewhere sanctioned to go.