Split (1)

train · 22.5k rows

article_text stringlengths 294 32.8k ⌀	topic stringlengths 3 42
Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comBRUSSELS, June 14 (Reuters) - The European Union signed on Tuesday an agreement with Bavarian Nordic (BAVA.CO) for the supply of about 110,000 doses of vaccines against monkeypox, the EU Commission and the company said.The vaccines will be bought with EU funds and de...	Vaccine Development
Hannah Barnes’s book about the rise and calamitous fall of the Gender Identity Development Service for children (Gids), a nationally commissioned unit at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in north London, is the result of intensive work, carried out across several years. A journalist at the BBC’s Newsnight...	Mental Health Treatments
CDC warns of drug-resistant, deadly fungus: How is it spread? (NEXSTAR) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified Candida auris as an “urgent” threat as it spreads rapidly through U.S. hospitals, tripling in just three years. The fungus is spreading “at an alarming rate,” the CDC says, but how exa...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday removed the Chinese Ministry of Public Security's Institute of Forensic Science from a trade sanction list, part of a bid to convince Beijing to do more to halt the flow of the synthetic opioid fentanyl into the United States. Washington put the instit...	Drug Discoveries
Scores of local pharmacies closing across England - By Hugh Pym and Natalie Wright - BBC News The number of pharmacies in England has fallen by 160 over the last two years, BBC analysis shows. There are now 11,026 community chemists, according to data from NHS Business Services Authority - the lowest number since 2015....	Health Policy
Actor Kento Nagayama, 34, was arrested on Friday by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of violating the Cannabis Control Law, according to a source involved in the investigation. Nagayama is suspected of having had cannabis at his apartment in Meguro Ward, Tokyo, reported The Japan News. As part of a...	Drug Discoveries
Big Pharma Wants To Use AI To Increase Diversity In Clinical Trials A medicine's effectiveness can vary across racial and ethnic groups, and drugmakers such as Johnson & Johnson are hoping to expand participation beyond the overwhelmingly White populations in current testing. (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Black Americans...	Drug Discoveries
Alicia Graf Mack was about 10 years old the first time doctors had to drain fluid from her knee. It would be more than a decade of pain, surgeries, and time stolen from her career as a professional dancer before she finally learned the cause: ankylosing spondylitis (AS), an immune system condition thatâs a form of arth...	Disease Research
The numbers are striking in their enormous size: 7.6 million people are now on waiting lists in England, a figure that has been growing in recent years, breaking records in all but three of the last 30 months. He also claimed that long waiting lists were far worse elsewhere, telling the BBC on Monday: “In England, we h...	Health Policy
HONG KONG — Hospitals in northern China appear to be “overwhelmed with sick children” as the country grapples with a surge in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia, prompting the World Health Organization to ask Beijing for more data. At the Beijing Children’s Hospital in the capital, long lines of people wer...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Philip Morris International (PMI), the tobacco and vaping company behind Marlboro cigarettes, is waging a big lobbying campaign to prevent countries from cracking down on vapes and similar products as part of a global treaty, a leaked email reveals. The company, which has been increasingly focusing on smoke-free produc...	Health Policy
Leigh Paterson/KUNC toggle caption Zack Dorsett, the operations manager of Wonderbags, a company that sells mushroom starter kits, at his company's booth at the "Psychedelic Science 2023" conference in Denver on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Leigh Paterson/KUNC Zack Dorsett, the operations manager of Wonderbags, a company t...	Mental Health Treatments
Sarah Ferguson revealed over the weekend that she is undergoing treatment for breast cancer and has already received surgery. The Duchess of York received the diagnosis during a routine mammogram and “was advised she needed to undergo surgery which has taken place successfully”. Sarah Ferguson undergoes mastectomy surg...	Women’s Health
The health secretary has invited the Welsh and Scottish governments to discuss how best to tackle NHS waiting lists, as millions wait for hospital treatment across the UK. Steve Barclay accused them of having worse delays than England in some cases - but they disputed the figures. Hospital waiting lists in England hit ...	Health Policy
Covid-related precautions helped minimize the spread plenty of other communicable diseases. But now, those bugs are back, along with some new challenges. The CDC reports that strep A infections (a.k.a strep throat), caused by a bacterium known as A Streptococcus, have surged from covid lows to above pre-pandemic levels...	Drug Discoveries
The world must urgently prepare for a global “tsunami” of millions of older cancer patients or risk healthcare systems being unable to cope, leading doctors have warned. With life expectancy increasing and a rapidly soaring population of older people, a looming increase in elderly patients with cancer was now a “seriou...	Global Health
A new study done by addiction recovery resource Addiction Treatment Magazine has revealed the states that have the highest and lowest prevalence of underage drinking. Researchers looked at the number of young people between the ages of 12 and 20 who had consumed an alcoholic drink within the last month and had particip...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Polygenic risk scores, which estimate a person's disease risk based on thousands or millions of common genetic variants, perform poorly in screening and prediction of common diseases such as heart disease, according to a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers. It has been claimed that polygenic ri...	Disease Research
Veterinarians developing frailty instrument to personalize canine geriatric care In human medicine, the ability to measure frailty is a vital aspect of geriatric care. Doctors may recommend one treatment over another based on an elderly person's frailty score, and nursing homes may adjust care protocols as frailty incr...	Medical Innovations
A group of United Nations (UN) experts is calling for an end to the global war on drugs—and a separate drug policy commission comprised of presidents and prime ministers from around the world is advocating for legal and regulated access to currently illicit substances. UN’s coalition of “special rapporteurs” appointed ...	Health Policy
Scientists seem to have found a kink in the armor of super gonorrhea. In a large-scale clinical trial reported this week, the experimental drug zoliflodacin was found to be just as effective as other frontline antibiotics at treating the stubborn bacterial infection. The results will pave the way for zoliflodacin to be...	Drug Discoveries
"Snorting kits" for drug users will soon be distributed in Portland, Oregon, and its surrounding county as part of a harm reduction plan that even the city's Democratic mayor opposes. The Multnomah County Health Department announced the plan Friday and said it will expand available drug paraphernalia for users to adjus...	Drug Discoveries
Story Highlights - 62% of adults under age 35 say they drink, down from 72% two decades ago - Conversely, drinking has increased among adults aged 55 and older - Young adults also drinking less frequently, less likely to drink to excess WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Young adults in the U.S. have become progressively less likely ...	Stress and Wellness
Dustin Jones/NPR toggle caption Adam Kaye and his mother, Marti Kaye, spend every Sunday together. Adam normally plays some of her favorite songs on his guitar, with Marti whistling or humming along. But he recently had shoulder surgery and won't be able to strum a guitar for a while. Dustin Jones/NPR Adam Kaye and his...	Disease Research
Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press JoNel Aleccia, Associated Press Leave your feedback The popular weight-loss drug Wegovy reduced the risk of serious heart problems by 20 percent...	Drug Discoveries
Lead is bad news for the healthy development of children, and lead-poisoning cases are most common on the South and West sides. [month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone] Peeling lead paint in a viaduct at 65th Street and Central Park Avenue, a dividing line between Chicago Lawn and West Lawn on the Sout...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or visit the hotline’s website. Every night that Dr. Jennifer Hoffmann works as an attending physician in the pediatric ER, she says, at least one child comes in with...	Mental Health Treatments
A woman who was diagnosed with HIV seven years ago has welcomed a "long overdue" television campaign that will see the first new advert raising awareness of the virus in 40 years. The first major TV advert on HIV to air in Scotland since the UK government's Don't Die Of Ignorance campaign featuring falling tombstones ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Excluding regional mayors from key meetings harmed the UK's response to the pandemic, Sadiq Khan and Andy Burnham have told the Covid inquiry. The Labour mayors of London and Greater Manchester said their repeated requests to join emergency Cobra meetings at the start of the pandemic were refused. London mayor Mr Khan ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Children's services could be forced to close at a hospital that is accused of leaving young patients traumatised and sick through poor care. The care regulator said it had taken action to "ensure people are safe" on Skylark ward at Kettering General Hospital (KGH) in Northamptonshire. Thirteen parents with serious conc...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has revealed she contracted sepsis after her first round of chemotherapy earlier this month. The 33-year-old was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in May and underwent a mastectomy. In July, the dancer from Caerphilly, South Wales, told fans she had received a seco...	Disease Research
09 January 2023 Smallpox was once one of humanity’s most devastating diseases, but its origin is shrouded in mystery. For years, scientific estimates of when the smallpox virus first emerged have been at odds with historical records. Now, a new study reveals that the virus dates back 2,000 years further than scientists...	Disease Research
Climate change threatens human life in many ways but one of the less obvious could be a rise in pandemics. A warming climate could release ancient pathogens, such as bacteria and viruses, that have been frozen in permafrost in the polar regions for millennia, Jean-Michel Claverie tells ABC RN's Future Tense. "We know f...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Mice eating less of specific amino acid — overrepresented in diet of obese people — live longer, healthier There’s a popular saying in some circles that “a calorie is a calorie,” but science shows that it may not be true. In fact, it may be possible to eat more of some kinds of calories while also improving your health...	Nutrition Research
Scientists are setting out to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry to create what they believe will be the world’s largest database of genomic information from the population. The hope is to build a new “reference genome” — a template to compare to full sets of DNA from individuals — and bet...	Disease Research
Doctors in England have been told not to prescribe ADHD drugs to new patients because of a national shortage, as charities warn that the supply problems are devastating for people living with the condition. A national patient safety alert from the Department of Health and Social Care said the shortages were down to a c...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
The lifestyle contributor recently shared she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. "I had always feared this day would come," she wrote in an essay published to Today.com on July 17, "but I never really thought it would." As Martin explained in the piece, this looming fear stemmed from her own family's experience wit...	Women’s Health
7 Significant Health Issues Every Off-Planet Astronauts Endure During Space Missions Published on December 5, 2023 Imagine you’ve just stepped off a plane after a grueling 10-hour flight. Your body feels weary, your muscles ache, and you can’t shake off the fatigue that clings to you. This is a sensation many of us hav...	Medical Innovations
Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia. This summer's guidance to halt the medication for up to a week may not go far enough, either. Some anesthesiologists in ...	Drug Discoveries
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Friday laid out a proposal to begin regulating laboratory medical tests, a multibillion-dollar industry that the agency says poses a growing risk to patients because of potentially inaccurate results. The proposed rule would end decades of regulatory ambiguity and forma...	Health Policy
The abortion drug mifepristone should be more tightly regulated than it is now, with limits on the drug at seven weeks of gestation and requirements that patients obtain the pill in person instead of through the mail, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals won't h...	Women’s Health
It may very well be possible to grow new teeth sometime in the future. In fact, a Japanese company working on a tooth-growing drug is just now slated to enter clinical trials, making it the world’s first drug of its type to make it this far. The new drug was developed by Toregem Biopharma, a pharmaceutical company base...	Drug Discoveries
"I don't know if I can ever fully forgive him for everything... I'm still in that process now." Essence Gayle still speaks regularly to her older brother Garvey, two years after he killed their father Michael. Their mother, who was also injured in the attack, believes her partner's death could have been avoided if her ...	Mental Health Treatments
June 14, 2023 â Doctors often note that patients with dry eye disease (DED) report low moods. Now, new research shows that the connection between dry eye disease and depression may actually be quite common. Itâs estimated that 5% to 50% of people globally have DED; more than 16 million Americans have been diagnosed wit...	Mental Health Treatments
Jill Biden will lead new initiative to boost federal government research into women's health The White House says Jill Biden will be in charge of a new initiative to help the federal government spend more time and money on research into women's health issues WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration on Monday announced a ...	Women’s Health
Another day, another warning from the pharmaceutical sector that ministers’ ambitions to make the UK “a life sciences superpower” are in danger of falling flat. The comments from Sir Pascal Soriot, chief executive of AstraZeneca, were different in one important respect, however. He offered a concrete example of how the...	Health Policy
Some find conversations with cab drivers to be awkward and unpleasant, but a man's life was saved when he struck up a conversation with his Uber driver one fateful day in Vineland, New Jersey. That driver donated a kidney two months later, forever changing the trajectory of an elderly dialysis patient's life. In Octobe...	Medical Innovations
Electricity Saved My Brain This is the second part in a series on deep brain stimulation for depression. Read from the beginning. [Content note: This story contains discussion of suicide.] Jon Nelson’s depression was poison. “I had poison in every single bit of my body. It literally ran throughout every cell in my body...	Mental Health Treatments
Patients will be encouraged to use an NHS app to book treatments in private hospitals in an attempt by Rishi Sunak to cut down on waiting times. Dozens of private diagnostic centres will also offer checks for cancer and other conditions to try and alleviate pressures on NHS staff, The Times reported. More than 7.3 mill...	Health Policy
Thousands of children with severe developmental disorders have finally been given a diagnosis, in a study that found 60 new diseases. Children, and their parents, had their genetic code - or DNA - analysed in the search for answers to their condition. There are thousands of different genetic disorders. Having a diagnos...	Disease Research
Revealed: Government knew it had prioritised NHS ‘to detriment of care homes’ Explosive admission made in top secret Covid ‘lessons learned’ review obtained by openDemocracy after two-year battle The UK government knew as early as September 2020 that its desire to free up hospital beds in the early stages of the pandem...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Patients will be able to receive prescription medicines and oral contraception without seeing a GP under new plans to ease the strain on surgeries. It is hoped the measures - which could be rolled out as soon as this winter - will help to free up 15 million slots at doctors' surgeries over the next two years. Under t...	Health Policy
Zohreen Shah is a Los Angeles-based national reporter for ABC News. Below, she shares the story of a medical journey she faced both on and off-camera. At first, I thought I was having a stroke last month. I didn't recognize myself in the mirror. It looked like the left side of my face had gone "offline." Half my face w...	Disease Research
If one clear lesson is to be taken from our response to the arrival of Covid-19 three years ago, it is an appreciation of the highly effective role played by scientists in fighting the pandemic. Within weeks of the Sars-CoV-2 virus emerging, researchers had sequenced every one of its genes and had pinpointed the cells ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
As the United States reckons with a burgeoning sexually transmitted disease crisis, a broadening chorus of public health experts are calling for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to endorse prescribing a preventive antibiotic pill to gay and bisexual men and transgender women at high risk of STDs. But whil...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
The combination of soaring heat and smothering fine particulate pollution may double the risk of heart attack death, according to a new study of more than 202,000 heart attack deaths in China. The study published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation. "Extreme temperature events are bec...	Disease Research
Meningitis cases more than doubled in a year in England, a charity has warned. Meningitis Now analysed UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) figures and found cases of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in England increased from 80 in 2020-2021 to 205 in the 12 months from July 2021 to June 2022. The charity said the c...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
"We were neglected," says the husband of 37-year-old Allison Holthoff, who died in the hospital after not receiving treatment for 7 hours Published on January 10, 2023 03:33 PM Photo: Ali Holthoff/Facebook A Canada woman has died after a seven-hour wait in the emergency room, which family members call "heartbreaking" a...	Health Policy
Even patients already on blood pressure medication can bring theirs down further by not adding additional salt above a certain limit to their food, scientists from a trio of universities found in a new paper. Consuming one less teaspoon of salt a day resulted in a systolic blood pressure decline comparable to the effec...	Nutrition Research
Steve Harrison/WFAE toggle caption Blue Flowers salesman Nick Davenport said his customers are "100 percent" stunned to see the intoxicating hemp products he sells. Steve Harrison/WFAE Blue Flowers salesman Nick Davenport said his customers are "100 percent" stunned to see the intoxicating hemp products he sells. Steve...	Drug Discoveries
Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else. Thank you. Please check your inbox to confirm. Maea Lenei Buhre Maea Lenei Buhre Leave your feedback In a women’s shelter in suburban Australia, Iranian resident Shayda takes a pair of blunt scissors to her long hair. Her y...	Women’s Health
It is 1.35pm and I’m having to explain coronavirus transmission to a nurse. I am due an appointment at 2.30, and I’ve been phoned because I say I’m clinically vulnerable. I ask whether the nurse has an N95 mask (as they’re proved to be most effective). She does not. I ask whether she and the team are taking weekly late...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Oct. 17, 2023 â A process your body uses to stay warm in cool weather could one day lead to new therapies for obesity. Scientists have, for the first time, mapped the precise nerve pathways that activate brown fat, or brown adipose tissue (BAT), a specialized fat that generates heat. Low temperatures kick brown fat int...	Disease Research
The Buffalo Bills have confirmed safety Damar Hamlin has returned home to continue his recovery after spending nine days in hospital.The NFL and fans around the world were left in shock when the 24-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest after he completed a seemingly routine tackle on January 2 during a match against the C...	Medical Innovations
When Deanne Bhamgara took a tumble off her electric scooter on a pier in San Diego, she didnât make much of it at first. The fall left her sore, but she felt only little pain. But over the next several days, she slowly began to hurt more and more. "What started as a tingling sensation in my thighs had soon become sensi...	Stress and Wellness
By Margret Krakauer, as told to Keri WigintonÂ Iâve recently switched hobbies from painting to writing. One of the first things I wrote for my memoir was: Itâs a race between losing my vision and my hearing. Iâm 79 and had cataract surgery a decade ago. Thatâs when my doctor diagnosed me with age-related macular degene...	Disease Research
Hollywood actor Zac Efron has joined Kodiak Cakes as Chief Brand Officer and board member. Kodiak Cakes Zac Efron’s down-to-earth approach to health and sustainability is Kodiak Cakes. The former “High School Musical” star has officially joined the whole grain, protein-packed food company that was scooped up by private...	Nutrition Research
Obesity Causes Inflammatory Responses in Fat Tissue A new study has uncovered a complex inflammatory response that occurs in fat tissue during obesity progression. Complete the form below to unlock access to ALL audio articles. A new study, published in JCI Insight, has uncovered a complex inflammatory response that oc...	Disease Research
After spending decades on pharmacy shelves, the leading nasal decongestant in over-the-counter cold and allergy medicines has met its downfall. Advisers for the Food and Drug Administration this week voted unanimously, 16 to 0, that oral doses of phenylephrine—found in brand-name products like Sudafed PE, Benadryl Alle...	Drug Discoveries
A father has been left with a “death sentence” because delays caused by the record NHS backlog meant his tumour grew too big to operate on. Professional musician Don Jackson was diagnosed with liver cancer last June but was reassured his tumour was small and that he could expect a liver transplant in two to three month...	Disease Research
Doctors should weigh prescribing some of their patients a pill of a powerful antibiotic, doxycycline, to prevent the spread of released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention., according to new draft recommendations Officials say the approach, dubbed doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis, or Doxy-PEP ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials have approved the first over-the-counter birth control pill, which will let American women and girls buy contraceptive medication from the same aisle as aspirin and eyedrops. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it cleared Perrigo’s once-a-day Opill to be sold without a prescripti...	Women’s Health
An exciting advance from Oxford Univ. has raised the prospect of tailoring stem cells quickly to treat brain injuries in humans in the future, by essentially 3D printing brain cells. In experiments, the implanted cells integrated into the animals’ brains both structurally and functionally. The innovative study, publish...	Medical Innovations
TORY MSPs have remained silent following the revelation Rishi Sunak thought the UK Government should "just let people die" instead of going into lockdown during the Covid pandemic. A diary entry from the Government's former chief scientific adviser, Patrick Vallance, revealed the then-chancellor and his boss Boris John...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
Lewis Capaldi has announced he'll be taking a break from touring due to the impact Tourette's syndrome is having on him. The Glasgow-born singer revealed his condition last year in an Instagram live and said "it's not a big a deal" but that some days are "more painful than others". Capaldi also recently performed at ...	Disease Research
A dad who died only weeks after learning his wife was expecting twins had a 95 per cent chance of survival from the motorbike collision that killed him, an investigation found. The death of Aaron Morris, 31, led to an internal investigation by North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) which revealed there was a "series of er...	Health Policy
Why does our skin feel ‘tight’ after using a facial cleanser? A new study from Stanford University reveals the neurological mechanism behind the perception of skin tightness. When we wash our face with a cleanser, our skin can start to feel tight. With the application of a favorite moisturizer, that feeling often goes ...	Medical Innovations
The MIND diet — which is intended to guard against dementia, and is rich in fruits and veggies and low in saturated fats — has no short-term brain benefits beyond those seen in people who follow a standard, "suboptimal" diet, a three-year trial suggests. The trial's results, published Tuesday (July 18) in The New Engla...	Nutrition Research
When Herbert A Gilbert filed the first patent for an electronic cigarette in 1963 he was a man ahead of his time. A two-packet-a-day smoker, working in the family scrap business in Pennsylvania, he saw his invention as a simple way of taking harmful smoke out of a habit that was then a normal part of everyday life. It ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
The deaths of at least 74 people, including 19 children, from the invasive bacterial infection group A streptococcus, or strep A, are the most extreme consequences of a wave of winter infections that have seemingly left most of the country coughing and sneezing. The parlous state of the nation’s health has prompted sug...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
People in England aged 49 and younger are being urged to come forward for their free Covid booster if they have not yet received a full set of jabs. The NHS has said Sunday 12 February will be the last day people in this age group can attend a vaccination site for their primary doses, while hundreds of thousands of app...	Vaccine Development
A dad who went to hospital suffering a "slight temperature" ended up in a coma for six weeks and needed to have his arm and leg amputated. Junaid Ahmed, 35, believed he had flu symptoms when he had a high temperature so decided to go to the local A&E for the ailment before having to fight for his life. After arriving a...	Disease Research
World 'not yet prepared enough' as H5N1 avian flu strain keeps spreading, WHO official warns Global influenza leaders, vaccine manufacturers met this week, discussed threat posed to human health The world's leading experts on influenza met this week to discuss the threat posed to humans by a strain of H5N1 avian flu th...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
A woman was left unable to speak and thought her lips would "explode" after she suffered a severe allergic reaction to fillers. Emma Cornett booked an appointment at her local beautician to get lip fillers as she wanted to get a little extra plump for her pout - but the result was far from what she was hoping for. Hour...	Medical Innovations
Thousands of pin badges ordered for Scottish NHS staff who pledged to 'respect the identity' of trans people are lying unused after health workers ignored the 'ideological' scheme. The SNP Government launched the initiative with NHS Scotland in 2021 to encourage staff to 'respect the identity' of trans people and adop...	Health Policy
Extending dog years: New drug could increase lifespan of dogs, company awaits FDA approval The lifespan of dogs is far shorter than their human counterparts, but now one company is one step closer to finding a way for these furry friends to live longer. Loyal, a San Francisco based biotech company working to develop dr...	Drug Discoveries
Mounting evidence shows that more young adults are experiencing heart problems compared to decades past, and that worsening lifestyle habits—namely, poor diet and lack of exercise—are to blame. And some research suggests that COVID infections are adding insult to injury. Perhaps the most alarming trend is that, despite...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
A trans lobby group helped to draft NHS plans for treating children questioning their gender, The Telegraph can disclose. Susie Green, then chairman of the charity Mermaids, was part of a task group reviewing services at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation trans clinic. The service specification, which outlines tr...	Mental Health Treatments
A new Covid variant is spreading in England and has led to an outbreak at a care home in Norfolk, UK health officials say. There have been 34 confirmed cases of BA.2.86, with 28 of those at the care home. There have been no deaths. It is too early to draw conclusions on whether it is more serious than past variants, th...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
The former Tory minister who chaired NHS England helped arrange a meeting for an American private health firm that paid millions of pounds to the investment bank that employed him. David Prior emailed Matthew Gould, a senior NHS executive, in February 2021 asking him to “have a conversation” with Jason Gorevic, chief e...	Health Policy
Chinese officials say they did not detect any "unusual or novel diseases" in the country, the World Health Organization said Thursday, following an official request by the U.N. health agency for information about a potentially worrying spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia in children. WHO cited unsp...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
The blood thinner Eliquis and popular diabetes treatments including Jardiance are among the first drugs that will be targeted for price negotiations in an effort to cut Medicare costs. President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday released a list of 10 drugs for which the federal government will take an unprecedented...	Health Policy
The UK economy is flatlining and has been for the best part of a year. Recovery after the deep slump of 2020 has petered out. Higher inflation, higher interest rates and higher taxes are all exacting a toll. Technically, the strict definition of a recession has not been met because the economy has yet to contract for t...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
It took years to find out what was causing Gigi Robinson debilitating pain every month. The social media influencer, who was a finalist for the SI Swim Search in 2022, was diagnosed with endometriosis in December. The condition, in which endometrial tissue grows outside the uterus, impacts an estimated 176 million wome...	Women’s Health
Emma took to Instagram to reflect on the hardships she has faced since she and the rest of Bruce's family announced his diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, which can cause communication difficulties, in February at age 67. "I think its so important for us to break up our thinking which can feel, for me very much, lik...	Disease Research
The top 25 costliest drugs for Medicare Part D plans earned their lofty rankings largely through exorbitant price hikes—increases that, on average, more than tripled their list prices since they entered the market, according to a new analysis by AARP. For nearly all the drugs, the price hikes far outstripped the rate o...	Health Policy
People with chronic pain are being given antidepressants with very little scientific proof the medication helps, a major review has found. In studies, with nearly 30,000 patients, there was "moderate" evidence for only one drug, duloxetine, and just for short-term pain relief. And there was a "shocking" lack of long-te...	Disease Research
'Bliss' compound may hold out hope for autoimmune skin disease A marijuana-like compound holds out promise as a new treatment for a severe autoimmune skin disease called skin lupus, according to a study published recently by a multicenter team including researchers at the George Washington University. If the results of...	Disease Research
WhatsApp messages sent by Nicola Sturgeon relating to the Covid pandemic were manually deleted from her phone, a newspaper has reported. The Sunday Mail says the former first minister is among 70 Scottish government figures whose pandemic communications were not retained. It means these messages cannot be given to the ...	Epidemics & Outbreaks
After plummeting during the COVID pandemic in 2020 and 2021, strep throat infections skyrocketed in February 2023, according to a report from Epic Research, a health analytics firm. The rate of infections of group A strep (caused by the Streptococcus bacteria) was 30% higher than the previous peak seen in February 2017...	Epidemics & Outbreaks

Subsets and Splits

Unique Topics Sorted

Provides a simple list of all unique topics in the training dataset, which helps identify the range of subjects covered but offers minimal analytical insight beyond basic categorization.

List Unique Topics

Simple retrieval of unique topics from the dataset, useful for basic exploration but lacks deeper insights.