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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has tightened Ebola controls with a 21-day quarantine rule for people exposed to the virus or returning from high-risk zones, after France confirmed its first Ebola

A flu outbreak at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has sickened nearly 160 Air Force recruits, turning a basic training health problem into a national debate over military readiness, vaccine policy, and the

The fifth-floor maternity unit at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, has become the center of a disturbing workplace health question: why have so many current and former nurses connected to the same

Meta’s decision to provide free Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to legally blind veterans in the United States marks a striking moment in assistive technology. The program, announced in June 2026, offers eligible

Nvidia is moving deeper into healthcare AI through a new collaboration with Abridge, the Pittsburgh-based company known for turning clinical conversations into medical documentation. The partnership, reported on June 11, 2026, centers

The appearance of a wild bat grounded near a busy pedestrian walkway in South Fremont, California, has triggered a severe public health alert across Alameda County. Discovered on May 26, 2026, near

The Food and Drug Administration just made a historic and highly controversial policy reversal. For the first time, the agency authorized the legal sale of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes in the United States.

Ebola virus disease presents a persistent challenge to global public health infrastructure. It emerges periodically to test infection control protocols and outbreak response strategies across different regions. Active surveillance remains paramount to

The World Health Organization raised a growing crisis in Central Africa to its highest alert level on Sunday. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus designated the widening Ebola outbreak in Central Africa a Public