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As health care costs rise and consumers take greater ownership of their well-being, prevention is emerging as a defining force in modern health

For many men, taking care of their health can sometimes take a back seat, but making time for regular checkups and preventive care is essential to staying healthy and active for years to come

Vaccination rates during the 2025-26 school year among kindergartners in Hawaiʻi were lower than compared with the previous year

Congress is looking at preventing animal diseases as a way of reducing human infectious diseases. Under P.L. 119-21 (July 2025), Congress directed $233 million per fiscal year from FY2026–FY2030 across NAHLN, NADPRP, and NAVVCB. A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report published on August 19 examines how new mandatory spending and pending farm bill proposals reshape…

Researchers at UAB and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have uncovered that supplemental indigo light may effectively reduce the progression of myopia.As technology use increases and children spend less time outdoors, researchers have noticed an epidemic increase in myopia over the past six decades also known as the “myopia boom.” Myopia, or nearsightedness, has become…

DRIVEN diabetes prevention programme which has faster, more consistent patient engagement than a human-coach led programme was unsatisfying for patients, according to new research

(Feature Impact) Summer is peak snake season, so if you’ve recently gotten jump-scared while gardening or walking up your porch steps, you’re not alone. Typically, snakes aren’t slithering around looking for someone to bite – they’re often searching for food, water and shelter, and the vast majority (97% in the U.S.) aren’t venomous. Even if…

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Weeks before the declaration of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ituri Province, Dr Yves Tibamwenda, Medical Director of Bunia University Hospital, began to suspect that something was not right. More and more patients were presenting with high fevers, and there was a higher number of…

Chronic diseases affect nearly 3 in 4 adults in the United States, and more than half of adults live with two or more chronic conditions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among adults age 65 and older, that number goes up to more than 90% living with at least one chronic condition

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