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January 23, 2024

Human rights court condemns Greece for IDing HIV-positive sex workers in 2012 crackdown

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Greece had violated the privacy of women it identified in 2012 as HIV-positive prostitutes.

January 23, 2024

WHO pandemic treaty 'equity theater,' Pence advocacy group says, urges US withdraw from 'unsalvageable body'

Advancing American Freedom, former Vice President Mike Pence's advocacy group, is urging the U.S. government not to sign onto the World Health Organization's pandemic treaty.

January 23, 2024

Cancer is now leading cause of death among HIV-positive people, report says: ‘Of great concern’

Cancer is now the leading cause of death among those who are HIV positive, as announced in a new report from the American Cancer Society. Doctors share their input.

January 22, 2024

Norovirus alert: FDA warns of contaminated raw oysters from Mexico

Raw oysters from certain parts of Mexico could be a source of norovirus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned. Doctors weigh in on the risks.

January 22, 2024

Cameroon begins world's first routine malaria vaccine program

Cameroon is the first country to implement a routine malaria vaccine program, with 19 other countries set to follow. The development of a second vaccine has eased supply concerns.

January 20, 2024

WHO director calls for world pandemic treaty to prepare for Disease X

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries to sign the health organization’s pandemic treaty so the world can prepare for a placeholder virus called “Disease X."

January 20, 2024

50 bizarre laws that have existed or still exist in America

Do you know a weird lifestyle law in your state? It might be included in this roundup of 50 weird state laws that have existed in America, past and present.

January 20, 2024

Scabies outbreak in UK linked to drug shortages, experts confirm: 'Progressively worse'

U.K. doctors are sounding the alarm about a surge in scabies cases across the country, according to reports. Experts weigh in on drug shortages and prevention tips.

January 19, 2024

Democrats introduce bill to ban rodent-killing glue traps

Democrats in Congress have introduced a PETA-backed bill that, if passed into law, would ban the use and possession of glue traps used to catch rodents.

January 19, 2024

Schools want to make DeSantis look bad: Bethany Mandel

‘PragerU Kids’ outreach director Jill Simonian and ‘Stolen Youth’ co-author Bethany Mandel discuss a Florida school district pulling books and dictionaries from the shelves as a ‘political ploy.'