Health

After Years Of Pushing HPV Vaccine As ‘Safe and Effective,’ CDC Now Taking A Closer Look

For the past 20 years, CDC vaccine advisers’ approach to HPV vaccination followed a trajectory of expanding eligibility, strengthening uptake and adding new indications. Now, the agency has convened a new workgroup to re-examine the vaccine from the ground up — its effectiveness, dosing, safety and long-term population impact.

UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake

UN health body says Britain is one of six countries in Europe and central Asia where disease has become re-established

Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds

Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune

‘I’d get out of bed, and oh boy, there it is’: what to know about plantar fasciitis

The ligament that connects your foot bones can cause severe heel pain when inflamed. Here’s how to avoid that

Kanye West takes out full-page ad apologising for antisemitic behaviour and denying he is a Nazi

Rapper, now known as Ye, apologises to his family and to the Black community and says he loves Jews, blaming his bipolar disorder for his ‘poor judgment and reckless behaviour’

How to Have a ‘Don’t-Know Mind’

My quest to understand consciousness took me to a cave in New Mexico and then deep into the cosmos.

Hundreds feared dead in attempt to cross Mediterranean during cyclone

Fifty killed in one incident as Italian authorities estimate 380 people may have drowned last week

Tell us: have you been affected by the US storm?

Has extreme weather left you without power, or your child’s school closed due to heavy snow? We would like to hear from you

My rookie era: scrapbooking is like creating my own sentimental time capsule

Unlike journalling, sticking glossy pictures and ribbon scraps helps me explore how I’m feeling in in a language only I can decipher

Crocodile warnings as floods devastate southern Africa

More than 100 people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Over a dozen declared dead after major winter storm

Over a dozen people have been declared dead after this weekend’s major winter storm blanketed the country from the Midwest to the Northeast and closed schools, offices, and airports early this week.

Ferry sinks in southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, but over 300 rescued

Updated on: January 26, 2026 / 8:01 AM EST / AP