Author: Healthme

Four astronauts return to Earth after being delayed by Boeing’s capsule trouble, Hurricane Milton

How Afghan, Pakistani clerics battle polio vaccine misinformation

Snakebite victims in Southern Africa struggle to get antivenom

Polio strikes as misinformation fuels vaccine refusal in Pakistan and Afghanistan

E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder kills 1, sickens dozens in US

Polio resurfaces in Ivory Coast, threatening country’s children

New mpox variant detected in Germany

China unveils first diagnosis guidelines to battle escalating obesity crisis

French government takes new blows over deal to sell painkiller maker to US fund

Environmental delegates gather in Colombia for a conference on dwindling global biodiversity

WHO urges Rwanda to see off Marburg outbreak

Whooping cough is at a decade-high level in US

Kidney transplants are safe between people with HIV, US study shows

Polio crisis deepens as Pakistan reports new cases

Nigeria rolls out long-anticipated malaria vaccine

Aging farmers face extreme temperatures as they struggle to maintain Japan’s rice crop

Pressure grows for nations to deliver on promised biodiversity targets at UN conference

Namibia hosts workshop on health care access to LGBTQ+ community

Moonlight may hamper views of Orionid meteor shower, debris of Halley’s comet

Colombian ranchers aim to prove beef production can be good for planet

US Supreme Court declines to pause EPA power plant emissions rule

Listeria recall grows to 5.4 million kilograms of meat and poultry

Growing number of young women say abortion rights top election issue

WHO: Gaza polio campaign starts well, despite Israeli strikes

NASA spacecraft rockets toward Jupiter’s moon Europa, searching for keys to life

SpaceX launches its mega Starship rocket; this time, mechanical arms catches it at landing

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life

Scientists recreate head of ancient 2.7-meter-long bug

Hot days and methamphetamine are now a deadlier mix in US

Pregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted

US aviation authority approves SpaceX Starship 5 flight for Sunday

Election stress disorder is a real thing ahead of November voting

Cameroon urges awareness of breast cancer’s early stages

Animal lovers try to counter the deadly risk of Chicago high-rises for migrating birds

What makes a storm a hurricane? The dangers across 5 categories

Two additional human bird flu cases confirmed in California

Prayer camps in Nigeria attract ‘miracle seekers’

One in 8 girls and women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says

A rare comet brightens the night skies in October

Colombia’s Caribbean islands on front line of war on climate change

Baker, Hassabis, Jumper win 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

As Hurricane Milton approaches, eyes turn to FEMA

Cholera cases, deaths surge more than 200% in Nigeria

Don’t expect human life expectancy to grow much more, researcher says

Spacecraft headed to harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in previous save-the-Earth test

World water resources decreasing as global rivers dry up

Nobel Prize in medicine honors American duo for their discovery of microRNA

US aviation authority OKs SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle for Monday flight

Rwanda begins Marburg vaccinations to curb deadly outbreak

Congo starts mpox vaccinations in effort to slow outbreaks

Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes near capital of New Zealand

Sex workers find themselves at center of Congo’s mpox outbreak

A week after Helene hit, thousands still without water struggle to find enough

Dozens of zoo tigers die after contracting bird flu in southern Vietnam

California investigating possible case of bird flu in dairy worker

WHO launches plan to tackle growing threat of dengue, other diseases

NASA switches off instrument on Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power

Alpine skiing, WMO join forces to raise climate change awareness

Washington exhibit offers glimpse of ocean’s ‘twilight zone’

Nigerians gather to mobilize hope amid growing burden of childhood cancers