The latest public health news, headlines and analysis from The NE Times.
Deaths rose 29.1% — 2,025 excess deaths — in France's record June heatwave week, exposing how homes, health systems and cities fail in extreme heat.
The Lethal Weapon star has revealed he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's three years ago — a candid disclosure that could reshape how dementia is discussed.
Child drowning deaths have climbed since the pandemic, and doctors say the lesson travels: prevention depends on layers of protection, not one glance.
A World Weather Attribution study finds Europe's record heat virtually impossible without climate change, shifting the debate from explanation to preparation.
Europe's latest extreme heat shows health systems built for an older climate cannot keep writing heatwave plans after the wards are already hot.
A ruling has paused restrictions pursued by several US states, raising thorny legal questions about how food is defined, the limits of public-health policy and access to benefits.
The country's health minister ordered work stopped on a quarantine site amid a contempt finding and public opposition, exposing tensions over sovereignty and health security.
Health ministry says contacts are being traced and the risk to the European public is very low, as attention turns to hospital isolation procedures and cross-border readiness.
Poultry farms in Western Australia have entered lockdown after deadly H5N1 bird flu was found in wild birds on the Australian mainland, prompting the country's largest producer to act before the strain can reach commercial flocks.
Health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say the eastern outbreak has reached 1,003 confirmed cases and 254 deaths, with insecurity and crowded camps complicating the response.
The UK Health Security Agency has warned of health risks across London, the South East and parts of eastern and central England as temperatures climb, with older and unwell people most at risk.
Year 13 pupils and new students will be offered a two-dose meningitis B vaccine from late July, in an emergency programme launched after the UK's largest and fastest-growing MenB outbreak.
The UK Health Security Agency has warned that falling childhood vaccination rates are leaving communities exposed, after a rise in measles cases across several regions.