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A new report highlights a simple but troubling reality: ultra-processed foods are spreading worldwide even as evidence of their health harms continues to mount.

A new Lancet analysis says the United States has already missed four of the CDC’s seven measles-elimination indicators, with the others increasingly at risk after outbreaks spread to 45 states.

A new study says the future risk of 18 obesity-related diseases can be predicted using 20 common health measures, suggesting that people with the same weight may face very different medical trajectories.

A new narrative review reports that e-cigarettes appear less consistently tied to smoking cessation when studies focus specifically on adults who already want to quit.

New research led by Monash University suggests that ordinary movements such as taking the stairs or carrying groceries could play an important role in preventing type 2 diabetes.

At WIRED Health, surgeon Ara Darzi argued that AI-powered diagnostics could transform the detection and treatment of drug-resistant infections, even as weak commercial incentives threaten deployment.

The first meeting of a federal autism committee centered on ‘profound autism,’ signaling where one strand of the policy discussion is likely to begin.

A newly reconstituted federal autism advisory committee used its first meeting to center the debated idea of ‘profound autism,’ highlighting how personnel changes are reshaping the government’s approach to autism policy.

A new U.K. analysis shows healthy life expectancy has dropped by more than two years in a decade, leaving many people spending part of retirement in poor health and deepening regional inequality.

A small experiment found that brief exposure to very low-frequency sound raised cortisol and increased irritability even when participants could not tell the sound was present.

New survey-based research from England suggests many people ignore lower-tier heat warnings, including older adults who face the highest mortality risk, exposing a gap between alert systems and public response.

Researchers have developed a fluorescent biosensor that detects a protein secreted during active tuberculosis, aiming to deliver a faster and more clinically specific diagnostic tool than conventional culture methods.

Doctors are seeing rotavirus infections earlier in the season than usual, but the effect of widespread vaccination remains clear: far fewer children are ending up in the hospital.

A nationwide insurance analysis found that fewer than half of pregnant women diagnosed with opioid use disorder received medication treatment during pregnancy, underscoring major gaps in evidence-based care.

A STAT News newsletter item points to growth in an international childhood vaccine campaign at a moment when vaccine policy and public-health messaging remain under close watch.

New BMJ data show that almost 500,000 patients spent more than 24 hours in England’s Type 1 emergency departments in 2025, with experts warning that extreme waits are becoming a year-round danger.

Britain has approved legislation that would permanently bar tobacco sales to anyone born after January 1, 2009, while also tightening restrictions on vaping in public places, advertising, flavors, and packaging.

A new report estimates that about half a million post-9/11 U.S. veterans have had high blood pressure, with many cases undiagnosed or untreated.

A new study in Addiction found that kratom exposures reported to US poison centers climbed from 19 cases in 2010 to 1,242 in 2023, while severe outcomes also increased sharply, sharpening the policy debate over how the U

A new study reports that lead chromate pigments are used in more than 90% of lead paints being sold in Mexico, with some products containing up to 29% lead.