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A ‘real-world data platform will link existing datasets to support research into causes of autism and insights into improved treatment strategies,’ one HHS official told The Independent

Prosecutors announced officials plans to seek the death penalty ahead of Luigi Mangione’s hearing

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If the human immunodeficiency virus is less well suppressed thanks to President Trump’s cuts to USAID, it risks finding more and more hosts in which it can mutate. New and more dangerous strains can develop, which are resistant to existing drugs

The situation facing Ethiopia represents a “perfect storm of overlapping crises”, says the World Food Programme

HIV drug resistance explained as experts sound alarm over long-term aid funding cuts

Programmes say they are facing growing uncertainty as review is extended

Exclusive: World Health Organisation says shortage of most commonly used Aids drug caused by withdrawal of US foreign aid will sabotage effectiveness of treatment for millions in a ‘recipe for disaster’

In a 20-page letter from jail shared with The Independent, the 32-year-old defended her group’s motives and said their namesake Ziz LaSota is on ‘hunger strike’

Audiologist tells The Independent that many music events exceed the safe sound limit of above 80 decibels

Over 51,000 people have been killed in Gaza, the vast majority being women and children

Exclusive: ‘The damage caused by carving this inscription into the rock is permanent and cannot be undone,’ according to a National Park Service affidavit reviewed by The Independent