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Second bird flu case confirmed on Queen Anne's County farm

Maryland officials have confirmed a second positive test for bird flu at a commercial poultry operation in Queen Anne's County, the 10th detection in the state in 2025, as public health experts warn the virus continues to pose a serious threat to animals—but remains a low risk for most people.

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I Thought My Daughter Was a Good Kid, but a Certain Habit of Hers Disturbs Me

How can we nip this in the bud?

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A new way to deliver antibodies could make treatment much easier for patients

Therapeutic antibodies packaged into microparticles could be injected with a standard syringe, avoiding the need for lengthy and often uncomfortable infusions.

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One in eight of 14- to 17-year-olds in Great Britain say they have used nicotine pouches

Survey adds to experts’ concern about addiction risk and highlights support for plan to ban sales to under-18sOne in eight teenagers aged 14 to 17 have used nicotine pouches, a survey has found, adding to health experts’ concern about their growing popularity.Users hold the small sachets, which look…

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The Birth Keepers: I choose this, episode one – podcast

The Free Birth Society was selling pregnant women a simple message: they could exit the medical system and take back their power by free birthing. But Nicole Garrison believes FBS ideology nearly cost her her life. This is episode one of a year-long investigation by the Guardian journalists Sirin Ka…

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Don't call it a 'super flu' – but the NHS is right to be worried this winter | Devi Sridhar

An early flu season, a new variant and poor takeup of vaccines leave the already vulnerable health service in a dangerous positionProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghYou might be feeling stressed out seeing the headlines about “super flu” and comparing th…

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Japan's former emperor turns 92 as heart condition stabilizes after health concerns

Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito is marking his 92nd birthday as his heart condition stabilizes, palace officials say, following health concerns earlier this year

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Take our quiz on the year in health and biotechnology

In just a couple of weeks, we’ll be bidding farewell to 2025. And what a year it has been! Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into more aspects of our lives, weight-loss drugs have expanded in scope, and there have been some real “omg” biotech stories from the fields of gene therapy, IVF,…

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Feeling burned out at work? Here’s the fix.

McKinsey has labeled the pattern “the Great Exhaustion,” noting that one in five workers now report outright burnout.

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Reform council’s plan to shut eight care homes ‘a betrayal of local people’

Announcement after proposed sale falls through prompts backlash and union says more than 200 jobs at riskA Reform UK-led council plan to shut eight of its residential care homes has been condemned as “a betrayal of local people”.Days before Christmas, Derbyshire county council announced that the ho…

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Barry Manilow reveals lung cancer diagnosis

The singer said Monday that he had been sick for several weeks, prompting an MRI.

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83K bags of frozen shrimp recalled over radioactive concerns

The recalled shrimp was sold nationwide under the Market 32 and Waterfront Bistro brands.

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Gene therapy for Huntington’s disease showed great promise in 2025

An experimental gene therapy seems to slow the progression of Huntington’s disease by about 75 per cent, and researchers are working to make its complicated delivery much more practical

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‘It’s a heavy, heavy load’ helping aging parents who live far away. Here’s how you can make it work.

It takes travel, time and money.

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Sudan's worsening humanitarian crisis: Doctors struggle to respond

Luis Angel Argote Rodriguez, MSF Fed coordinator, is out guest.

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Artificial Sweeteners, Cognitive Concerns

Mauro Proença, ACSH Our preference for sweet tastes represents an elegant evolutionary adaptation. The ability to detect sweet substances likely evolved to identify energy-rich sources,...

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How High-Fat Diets Make Liver Cells More Likely to Become Cancerous

MIT One of the biggest risk factors for developing liver cancer is a high-fat diet. A new study from MIT reveals how a fatty diet rewires liver cells and makes them more prone to becoming...

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Japan's former emperor turns 92 as heart condition stabilizes after health concerns

Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito is marking his 92nd birthday as his heart condition stabilizes, palace officials say, following health concerns earlier this year

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Novo Gets Approval to Sell Wegovy Obesity Pill in the US

Novo Nordisk A/S won approval to sell a pill version of its obesity shot Wegovy in the US. Novo will start selling the pill, the first of the blockbuster GLP-1 class, in the US in early January. It is approved to help people lose weight or maintain previous weight loss over the long term. Bloomberg’…

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People in poorest areas of England ‘more likely to need emergency care for lung conditions’

Analysis finds those from most deprived backgrounds almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital for respiratory conditionsPeople from the poorest backgrounds in England with serious lung conditions are more likely to be admitted to hospital for emergency care than their more affluent counterpa…