Myopia, or the need for corrected vision to focus or see objects at a distance, has become a lot more common in recent decades. Some even consider myopia, also known as nearsightedness, an epidemic.
Apr 25, 2024
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France is scrambling to make sure that that virus-carrying tiger mosquitos, a growing menace in Europe, don't spoil the Paris Olympics for athletes and fans, with millions of visitors due in the French capital for the summer ...
Mar 24, 2024
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Researchers have discovered that bank voles in Skåne, southern Sweden, carry a virus that can cause hemorrhagic fever in humans. This finding was made more than 500 km south of the previously known range.
Mar 21, 2024
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For the first time, the United States has fallen out of the top 20 spots on the annual world's happiest nations list.
Mar 20, 2024
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Congenital heart defects could be spotted in newborn babies more easily and equitably by using a simple screening test, experts say.
Mar 13, 2024
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Gastrodiplomacy as the practice of a country's diplomacy by promoting its cuisine, is now gaining popularity in several countries across the globe, including South Korea and Thailand.
Mar 4, 2024
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Overweight and obesity are contributing to rising death rates from bowel cancer among people aged 25–49 years in the European Union (EU) and the UK, although death rates from this type of cancer are decreasing overall across ...
Jan 28, 2024
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Non-COVID-19-related deaths among people with diabetes increased during the pandemic, as did the diabetes complication of sight loss, according to a global study review led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public ...
Jan 24, 2024
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At least 1.4 million lives have been saved in Europe thanks to COVID vaccines, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, recalling that the virus was "here to stay".
Jan 16, 2024
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A new study published in Addiction has found that cytisine, a low-cost, generic stop-smoking aid that has been used in Eastern Europe since the 1960s, increases the chances of successful smoking cessation by more than two-fold ...
Jan 1, 2024
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