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‘We think of the body as a map’: a new approach to deciphering long Covid

People with post-infectious diseases sometimes struggle to communicate the debilitating impact of their conditions.

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Independent Surgeons Are Disappearing. Here's Why That Matters.

(MedPage Today) -- With today's medical advancements and technologies, innovation in the surgical field is creating possibilities for patients that did not exist a few years ago.

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Shutdown at Mexico toxic waste plant after Guardian investigation revealed pollution in nearby homes

Mexican officials ordered furnaces to shut down after report on very high levels of pollutants in surrounding neighborhoodRevealed: US hazardous waste is sent to Mexico – where a ‘toxic cocktail�

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Hormone Therapy Not Linked to Sex-Based Difference in Glioma Incidence

(MedPage Today) -- Postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) did not significantly increase the risk of glioma, leaving unresolved the reason for the sex disparity in incidence, a large retrospective analy

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STAT+: Feds accuse Walgreens of filling ‘millions’ of illegal opioid prescriptions

The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit accusing Walgreens of illegally dispensing millions of prescriptions for opioid painkillers.

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Uncharted territory for the WHO if Trump withdraws US membership

WHO is ‘critical in protecting US business interests’, says CEO of firm that may see lean years if Trump carries out vowThe World Health Organization (WHO) could see lean years ahead if the US wit

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Opinion: The U.S. should reform the WHO, not leave it

“By exiting the WHO and pulling funding, the U.S. would lose any leverage to enact those reforms,” writes Ashish K. Jha.

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Opinion: Dementia risk, higher than thought, requires a national strategy

The risk of developing dementia may be double what was previously thought. But there are things the U.S. can do to help fight that — like turning to the arts.

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‘I knew I was overexercising and not eating enough’: novelist Emma Healey on the dark side of self-control

Her bestselling debut Elizabeth Is Missing was inspired by her grandmother’s dementia.

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‘All hands on deck’: Bird flu in US poultry puts state cooperation to the test

Unusually late migration season means poultry operations may continue to see H5N1 outbreaks, officials sayMaryland has detected bird flu among three different commercial poultry flocks in the past wee

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