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Ebola has been in the news since the World Health Organization's declaration of a public health emergency of international concern on 17 May 2026, for an outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. This blog post outlines what the disease is, how it spreads, and what it means for the UK.
We haven't written up this one. UK Health Security Agency has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
A patient visiting an emergency room between 10pm and 7am in many parts of Finland can expect to wait for an average of between five and six hours.
Pig kidneys that were cooled to -150 °C and stored in a freezer for months have been successfully rewarmed and shown to work again for the first time, say scientists.
About 40% of high school students reported binge-eating in the past month in a new CDC survey, highlighting how widespread this form of disordered eating is among young people.
Have you ever thought about what makes you you? Science assures us it has everything to do with the three-pound organ between our ears, with its billions of neurons and trillions of delicate…
Hospitals can prevent medical debt by offering financial help before sending big bills. A Tradeoffs investigation found that nearly half of nonprofit facilities in Texas say they will bill patients…
Hospitals can prevent medical debt by preemptively wiping out a patient’s bill. But a Tradeoffs analysis finds that few nonprofit facilities in Texas use this tool to the maximum benefit of patients.
