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The World Health Organization estimates that 1.8 million to 2.7 million people are envenomed by snakes annually, resulting in upwards of 138,000 deaths.

Its crucial for healthy child development that children can form secure attachment bonds with their parents. Decades of research identified one key ingredient for this process: the coordination of parents and childrens brains and behavior during social interactions.

Demand for hepatitis C tests has surged in the UK following the publication of the infected blood inquiry findings in May 2024. According to the BBC, "1,750 people in the UK are living with an undiagnosed hepatitis C infection after being given a transfusion with contaminated blood." Globally, there are thousands more unknowingly living with virus.

German cockroaches thrive in buildings all over the world. Theyre one of the most common cockroach species, causing trouble for people both here and overseas. But in nature, theyre nowhere to be found.

The former surgeon general in the Trump administration criticizes a North Carolina bill that would do away with a pandemic-era law that allowed face masks for public health reasons.

A middle-aged American man with no previous medical history was found unconscious in his hotel room, with "unidentified crushed pills and a white residue" on a nearby table, according to a recent paper in BMJ Case Reports. White powder was visible around the mans mouth.

Last weeks federal budget committed A$12.5 million over four years to deliver tampons, pads and other period care products to people who menstruate in rural and remote Indigenous communities.

There are several farms and parks that offer the chance to practice goat yoga in Wisconsin.

The landscape for child care in North Carolina is dismal.

A recent study found that nightmares can be early indicators of autoimmune diseases such as lupus.