Health

The Cunard cruise liner RMS Queen Mary 2 was among several ships to see an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea caused by norovirus this winter. LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images hide caption …

NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with writer and runner Ali Feller, host of the podcast Ali on the Run, about strategies she’s used to get through a challenging year. MARY LOUISE …

Volunteering doesn’t just benefit the people you are helping. It also improves your own health. Research shows people who do things for others have better brain and heart health. AILSA …

“Brain rot” is the Oxford word of the year for 2024, and it’s pretty much what it sounds like: a perceived mental decline from consuming too much online media. If …

Democratic Republic of the Congo – vector map pavalena/Getty Images/iStockphoto/iStockphoto hide caption toggle caption pavalena/Getty Images/iStockphoto/iStockphoto In early December, international alarm bells went off because of a mysterious disease circulating …

Just this month, California declared a state of emergency due to rising cases of bird flu in dairy cattle. BeritK/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption BeritK/Getty Images Just this month, …

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Nine countries eliminated a disease in 2024. Here’s how Pakistan pulled it off — fulfilling a young boy’s dream of eliminating blindness caused by bacterial infections. (Image credit: Clockwise from …

Turkeys at a farm as California declares state of emergency to prevent new public health crisis on Bird flu in Pescadero, California, in December. Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images/Anadolu via Getty …

In 2024, the World Health Organization certified the elimination of a disease in nine countries. We focus on how Pakistan got rid of trachoma, which can cause blindness.