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There were 50 large outbreaks of tuberculosis (TB) in the United States from 2017-2023, with an outbreak defined as at least 10 related cases, according to an April report* (see footnote) from the CDC. Cases in the United States have been increasing, particularly since the pandemic. Journalists may want to cover TB not only as…

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska – A team of eight paratroopers from the 11th Airborne Division returned last month from Mongolia, where they spent nearly 30 days training a Mongolian Armed Forces infantry platoon in American tactics ahead of a major joint exercise in Alaska

Smoke shops in four Morris County towns were raided and shut down this month by the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office as part of a narcotics-related investigation targeting retailers selling illegal flavored vapes, intoxicating hemp products, and marijuana

In 2021, Jordan Miller, then an undergraduate student at UT San Antonio, noticed something strange — a sudden and dramatic increase in poison control center calls across the United States seemed to coincide with the FDA approval of semaglutide for weight management

Older Aussies are being urged to start volunteering to stave off boredom in retirement, as a critical shortage is affecting the country

The National Institutes of Health-funded Delaware INBRE program at ChristianaCare recently welcomed their national advisors and leaders from across Delaware for the Delaware INBRE External Advisory Committee meeting

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration released a list of addresses linked to the growing outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease — a severe form of pneumonia — on the Upper East Side, and it includes one of the city’s most famous museums

The number of Americans taking a GLP-1 drug for weight loss is on the rise. A new Gallup poll shows 11% of adults say they are currently using one, a dramatic increase from just two years ago when just 3% said they were using them. That number could climb even higher as Medicare has cleared…

The heatwave raises all sorts of challenges to our daily routines. Struggling to exercise or know how best to care of your pets? The Irish Times answers some burning questions on how to handle Ireland’s latest hot spell

For decades, anthropologists have debated whether these early peoples subsisted by taking down the massive mammals of the time or foraged on a mix of whatever they could find. A recent study published in Science Advances argues the former over the latter—that megafauna such as woolly mammoths and giant ground sloths sustained Paleoindians after their…