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Population-health trends, prevention and regulation, from nicotine and vaping to the policies shaping everyday health.

More seniors are having major surgery than ever. The care guidelines give a roadmap, but the gaps still fall on the patient

Surgical volume in adults over 70 has climbed for two decades, and older patients face higher odds of heart trouble, blood clots, and post-operative delirium than the headlines admit

Dirtier city air in a baby's first year tracked with more infections. It's a strong signal, not proof yet

A Rome infant cohort links particle and traffic pollution to more respiratory infections and wheezing, but this is preliminary conference data, not a peer-reviewed causal finding

Most surgery patients still wake up in pain, drug packs aren't a cure-all

NSAIDs, nerve blocks and acetaminophen trim short-term opioid use, but the evidence stops short of proving lasting pain relief or safety

Mixing up your exercise was tied to a longer life. Doing more of one thing was not the same

In 111,000 people tracked for three decades, the widest variety of activities came with 19 percent lower death rates than the narrowest

Flu Shot Timing Does Not Alter Vaccine Effectiveness, Real-World Data Shows

Time of Day Does Not Impact Flu Shot Effectiveness, Study Finds

Black U.S. Patients Missed in Long COVID Diagnoses, Study Finds

Black U.S. Patients Frequently Missed in Long COVID Diagnoses

A cheap old antidepressant eased long COVID fatigue. The benefit faded once people stopped taking it

Fluvoxamine beat placebo for long COVID fatigue in a 399-person trial, metformin did nothing

US Measles Surge: 2026 Cases Exceed Previous Record Within Five Months

US Measles Cases Hit 30-Year High, Surpassing 2025 Record

Murdoch Children's Research Institute Warning: Rising Antibiotic Resistance in Pediatric Care

MCRI Warns of 35,000 Annual U.S. Deaths from Antibiotic Resistance

Cross-Protection Study Evaluates Merck Ebola Vaccine for Bundibugyo Outbreak in DRC

Study Supports Testing Merck Ebola Vaccine in Expanding DRC Outbreak

FDA's peer review of seven peptides highlights a looming public-health dilemma

FDA panel debates legal compounding of seven peptides amid safety concerns

Mental Health in Older Adults: The Global Burden and a New Brain-Stimulation Trial

What WHO data and a new TMS trial say about late-life depression

Study Uncovers Autoantibody Immune Defect Behind Severe COVID-19

Pre-existing B-cell autoantibodies linked to severe COVID-19 risk

Vaping in Decline as Young Australians Shift to Oral Nicotine Pouches

Young Australians Pivot to Oral Nicotine as Vaping Rates Fall