Public Health

2+ hour, 36+ min ago   (1054+ words) New research reveals how the forever chemical PFOS disrupts a key immune protein, allowing flu and other viruses to multiply more easily. The body’s fastest response to a virus starts inside the cell that the virus has just entered. New…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (275+ words) The White House is closely monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and subsequent quarantine measures in Russia, according to an official from the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, as reported by Axios. Russian health authorities implemented precautionary measures following…...

1+ hour ago   (518+ words) Gut bacteria may hold clues to cancer survival and chemotherapy side effects before treatment even begins. A tumor can produce large amounts of lactate, a molecule that some gut bacteria consume as food. Mayo Clinic researchers found higher levels of…...

9+ hour, 8+ min ago   (303+ words) Oct 10, 2026 16:51 63 Flu is already circulating in Bulgaria, with two cases confirmed so far. The real number of infected people is probably higher, as the confirmed patients are among the hospitalized, said the director of the National Center for Infectious and…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago   (59+ words) CP24 Now is the best time to get vaccinated, flu season off to an early start: disease specialist Infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch discusses the early start to this year’s flu season and urges the public to build immunity through…...

2+ hour, 59+ min ago   (326+ words) Recent surveillance shows influenza activity increased, with 20.3% of specimens testing positive for flu during the week of Sept. 23-30, up from the previous week. The state Health Department also continues to monitor COVID-19 and reports cases began to decrease during the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (162+ words) Russian officials this week dismissed concerns that the death of a researcher at a Siberian institute that studies the plague died of the disease, saying that she had been vaccinated against it and that no “emergency situations” had been identified…...

3+ hour, 47+ min ago   (300+ words) The strain that was supposed to be harmless. What happened in that Chicago lab? What the tidy version leaves out. Sixty-five contacts, thirty coworkers, no further cases. Professor Scott Minnich, a microbiologist at the University of Idaho, wrote to me…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (491+ words) Reviewed by Dietitian Jane Leverich, M.S., RDN October is generally a good time to get your flu shot before flu activity ramps up. It takes about two weeks for your body to develop its strongest immune response after vaccination. Getting vaccinated…...

7+ hour, 29+ min ago   (325+ words) Measles cases in the United States have reached a 35-year high, with 4,080 confirmed cases reported as of Oct. 8, surpassing the 2,289 cases recorded throughout 2025, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pennsylvania has reported 1,078 measles cases statewide as of…...