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U.S. Airport Ebola Screening Remains Active Through July 21: What Returning Travelers Need to Know

CDC Ebola screening at U.S. airports runs through July 21, 2026. Travelers from DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan face entry restrictions. Here's what to do.

Medical Daily

Your Blood Can Now Reveal How Much Ultra-Processed Food You Eat

New WHO/IARC research found that ultra-processed food consumption leaves a measurable metabolic signature in the blood, linked to inflammation and chronic disease risk.

Medical Daily

Bryan Johnson autoimmune gastritis: Millionaire who wants to live forever unveils 'Bryan in a dish' plan to cure disease making his stomach 'eat itself'

Bryan Johnson is pursuing an unprecedented research plan to cure his autoimmune gastritis. He aims to map his immune system and identify specific T-cells attacking his stomach. Johnson will develop an early warning system and preserve immune cells for laboratory testing. This approach involves creating a "Bryan in a dish"…

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CTE at 24? Former Dallas Cowboys Player's Posthumous Diagnosis Raises New Questions

A 24-year-old former NFL player was posthumously diagnosed with stage 1 CTE, raising new questions about how early the brain disease can develop.

Medical Daily

Patients Can Be Identified from Medical AI Training Data with Near-Perfect Accuracy, New Study Finds

A Nature study found medical AI training data can identify individual patients at near-perfect accuracy. Racial minorities and rare disease patients face the highest risk.

Medical Daily

6 Oral Hygiene Mistakes Most Indians Make That Cause Tooth Decay and Early Tooth Loss

Brushing Hard Enough to Feel ItThe assumption is that pressure means clean. It doesn't. Aggressive brushing strips enamel, the hard outer layer that does not grow back, and pushes the gum line upward, exposing the softer root surface beneath. A 2019 study published in the Journal of Clinical Periodontology tracked…

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Gum Disease and Heart Disease: How Periodontal Bacteria Raise Your Cardiovascular Risk

The bacteria that leave your mouth and reach your arteriesBleeding gums are not just a dental inconvenience. When the tissue around your teeth is inflamed and ulcerated, which is what periodontal disease actually is, it creates an open wound the size of your palm, lining the inside of your mouth.…

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8 Things Your Dentist Can Diagnose About Your Overall Health From Your Mouth and Teeth

Your Gums Are Bleeding, and It May Not Be About BrushingPersistent bleeding gums are the most misread signal in the dental chair. Most patients blame aggressive brushing. Dentists look further. Chronic gum bleeding is a classic early marker of gum disease, but it also shows up in vitamin C deficiency,…

Times Life

New Mexico Officials Warn Residents Of Health Risk After Wild Rat Tests Positive for Plague

New Mexico health officials report the first wildlife plague case of 2026 after a rat tested positive, advising residents to take precautions as the disease remains a public health concern.

International Business Times UK

Life expectancy rises along with rates of dementia death and mental illness

Institute of health releases 20th biennial national report card

Newcastle Herald

Mental illness is up in young people, dementia is now the biggest killer: Australia’s health in 2026

Australians’ life expectancy has increased steadily over time but dropped during the COVID pandemic, according to a new report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

The Conversation

Chronic disease up, childhood vaccination rates fall

Chronic disease is becoming a major issue in Australia with a new report also calling out the country's falling childhood vaccination rate.

AAP

Tackling the cancer crisis in poorer nations

In Nigeria, a cancer diagnosis is often a death sentence. Nearly 130,000 Nigerians receive one each year, and nearly 80,000 die of the disease. An average of 33 women per day in Nigeria are infected with cervical cancer, and 22 women per day die from it. The problem is not…

Bangkok Post

What Is CTE? Former Cowboys Star Marshawn Kneeland Found to Have Brain Disease After Death By Suicide

Marshawn Kneeland, a former NFL player, was diagnosed with early-stage CTE posthumously, raising concerns about the impact of repeated head injuries in American football.

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Plymouth Girl Treated for Rare Disease She Never Had With Chemo: Now in Wheelchair and on Night Ventilator

Faye Condon from Plymouth was given six rounds of chemotherapy for a rare cancer she never had and her mother is now filing a formal complaint against the hospital.

Medical Daily

Medicaid Will Cover Sickle Cell Gene Therapy, but Only When It Actually Works for the Patient

CMS's CGT Access Model now covers Casgevy and Lyfgenia for sickle cell through 33 state Medicaid programs under outcomes-based contracts. Here's what patients need to know.

The Times of India

Two endangered Canadian pines are losing ground to blister rust, beetles, and climate change, but a new coordination plan aims to keep recovery efforts working across borders

Endangered Canadian pines face disease, insects, and rising temperatures for decades. New research highlights coordinated conservation strategies across borders for these vital trees. Scientists and communities are using a common framework to guide restoration efforts effectively. This approach ensures scarce resources are allocated where they will do the most good.…

Medical Daily

He Thought It Was a Shoulder Injury Until an MRI Revealed a Hidden Blood Cancer Diagnosis

What seemed like a routine shoulder injury turned out to be a life-changing diagnosis. An MRI revealed that a Houston father had multiple myeloma, highlighting how persistent or unusual pain can sometimes signal a more serious underlying condition.

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The First European Ebola Case in Years Was Successfully Contained in France: What the U.S. Should Learn from That Response

France contained an imported Bundibugyo Ebola case with no secondary transmission. Here's what France did right and what it means for U.S. hospital preparedness in 2026.

The Conversation

Creating synthetic life in a lab? SpudCell falls short of the goal, but raises even more useful questions

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to forests, coral reefs and human life also produces infections, cancer, genetic disease, crop blights and toxins. Natural processes can heal, sustain and inspire, but they can also destroy.

The Conversation

From maternal health to influenza rates, gaps in CDC’s public health data are creating dangerous blind spots for disease tracking and prevention

Public health relies on data – whether it is tracking the effectiveness of a given year’s flu vaccine, monitoring blood lead levels around the country or estimating the prevalence of diabetes. This data forms the basis for decisions such as whether a community should expand screening for diabetes and which…

The Times of India

Inspired by the loss of his daughter to brain cancer, a Canadian father has raised more than C$1.6 million for research and received London's first-ever Order of London award

Losing his 33-year-old daughter Allison to brain cancer changed Wayne Dunn's life in ways he never imagined. What began as a family's heartbreaking loss gradually became a mission to help others facing the same disease. The London, Ontario, philanthropist launched the Dunn with Cancer Run in Allison's memory, transforming personal…

Medical Daily

Former Dallas Cowboys Player Marshawn Kneeland Was Posthumously Diagnosed with CTE

Newly released findings confirmed former Dallas Cowboys player Marshawn Kneeland was diagnosed with CTE after his death at age 24. The case adds to growing evidence that the degenerative brain disease can develop in athletes far younger than previously recognized.

The Economic Times

Tata AIG rejects mediclaim saying policyholder hid a disease: Court says 'insurance companies are only interested in premiums'; orders insurer to pay over Rs 60K

Tata AIG ordered compensation: A consumer court in Haryana has directed Tata AIG to pay a policyholder after finding the insurer wrongly rejected his mediclaim over an alleged pre-existing illness. The commission ruled Tata AIG failed to back its allegations with legally admissible evidence and awarded Rs 40,246 along with…

The Times of India

Quote of the day by Mother Teresa: "The greatest disease is not TB or leprosy, it is being…" - her timeless words on loneliness, love and human connection

Mother Teresa spent decades working among the sick and dying in Calcutta, and she came to believe that one form of suffering went largely unnoticed by modern medicine. "The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for," she said.…

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