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Over 1 million people a year die from diarrheal disease. Nearly half are kids under age 5. A new vaccine in trials offers great hope

President Donald Trump has signed an order seeking changes to childhood vaccine recommendations, including separate visits and a review of MMR options.

COVID-19 activity is increasing across the United States, led by the South and West, while experts say overall levels and severe outcomes remain comparatively low.

WHO has extended polio-related international travel measures for Pakistan for another three months amid continued transmission and cross-border risks.

Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has crossed another grim milestone, becoming the deadliest outbreak in the country’s history as health authorities report a continuing rise in infections and deaths…

Pakistan and China signed 22 formal commercial agreements worth a combined $629.5 million at a two-day health sector conference in Islamabad, Federal Minister for National Health Services Syed Mustafa Kamal announced…

Pakistan has seen a marked decline in environmental poliovirus detections during the first six months of 2026, a development that public health officials are treating as encouraging but not conclusive. Data released by…

Seven American aid workers who had been fighting the Ebola outbreak in Congo are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after a US travel ban, becoming the first known people to use the facility.

Pakistan told the Independent Monitoring Board in Geneva that polio eradication is now within reach, pointing to a steep decline in cases over recent years even as officials acknowledged that insecurity in southern…

Appalachia is seeing black lung rates that have climbed back to levels not seen in nearly 50 years, according to NPR News. The renewed rise comes as thousands of miners are reported to be sick or dying, raising fresh…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Bill Gates discussed polio eradication and possible cooperation in agriculture, digital innovation and artificial intelligence.

The United Nations is warning that the Sudanese city of el-Obeid is under severe pressure as drone strikes continue and civilians face mounting humanitarian risks, including water shortages, a worsening cholera outbreak…

Rawalpindi health authorities have confirmed 23 dengue cases after screening 4,673 people and intensified surveillance and prevention measures.

ISPR says security forces killed 33 militants in operations in Shaban and Nushki, with clearance activity continuing in Balochistan.

A monkey that injured 18 people during a two-week series of attacks in a town on Indonesia’s Sumatra island has been trapped, ending a scare that forced schools to close and left residents on alert, according to local…

Uganda has begun pressing countries to remove Ebola-related travel restrictions after the discharge of its last confirmed patient marked a major step toward the outbreak being declared over. The development came on…

Survivors recount panic and struggle to breathe in a Nigerian prison cell where 37 died due to overcrowding amid protests against the tragedy

The Trump administration’s decision to eliminate SNAP-Ed is drawing sharp questions from nutrition advocates and public health experts who say the move is hard to reconcile with the White House’s broader emphasis on…

New Delhi will enforce a six-week construction ban starting December 10 to tackle severe air pollution affecting millions in the capital

Global funding for the fight against HIV fell 18 percent in 2025, dropping to $7.3 billion, the lowest level in nearly two decades, according to a UNAIDS report that warns the decline threatens to unravel a generation…

Yum Brands said Taco Bell traffic began recovering after a Cyclospora outbreak linked to contaminated shredded iceberg lettuce reduced US sales.

Shelley Fabares, the actor and singer whose career moved from classic family television to pop-chart success and later sitcom acclaim, has died at 82 in Los Angeles. Her death explains why her name is now trending in…

PM Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed support for polio eradication in talks with the Gates Foundation and separately approved measures to streamline Pakistan's trade procedures.

109 million people faced another day of poor air quality as smoke from wildfires burning in Ontario drifted over the US, affecting the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and northeastern states.