Myopia is a disease, not a refractive error — here’s what that means
In December, the U.S.-based National Academy of Sciences published a report classifying myopia, for the first time, as a ...
A Great Unraveling Is Underway
Our markets will have a nervous breakdown from uncertainty, our entrepreneurs will have a nervous breakdown, our ...
The Canadian Press on MSN2d
'A time of effort and sacrifice': 5 years since COVID-19 declared a global pandemic
Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic of the novel coronavirus, setting off a series of ...
Health News Florida2d
5 years ago today, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic
NPR reflects on the cascading events of March 11, 2020, the day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
Nature3d
Alcohol and cancer risk: what you need to know
On the basis of such syntheses, researchers agree that alcohol increases the risk of at least seven types of cancer: mouth, ...
Five years after the pandemic, the world is poorly prepared for another one
Between 500 and 1,000 people globally are now dying every week from COVID. This winter, healthcare in much of the developed ...
The New Republic8dOpinion
Trump Unleashes Legal Chaos for Elon Musk’s DOGE in Speech to Congress
In a court declaration filed Monday, the White House asserted that Musk’s official title is “senior adviser” to Tru ...
Council on Foreign Relations8d
Trump Addresses Congress and Other Headlines of the Day
Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the ...
Trump’s 2025 joint session address, fact checked and annotated
The anti-diversity initiatives are visible in the chamber. Trump removed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Q. Brown, a Black man; and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Admiral Lisa ...
Demonstrators across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to Trump and his sweeping agenda
As Donald Trump prepares to address a joint session of Congress, protest groups are gathering at parks, statehouses and other ...
The Lancet14d
PAHO is Latin America's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
The Comment by Patricia J García and colleagues,1 calling for the creation of a new health agency for Latin America, pays no justice to the role of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). For ...