In Korea, a man died after being diagnosed with Naegleria fowleri, also known as a brain-eating amoeba. Naegleria fowleri has made headlines before. This summer, the death of a child in Nebraska in the US reintroduced Naegleria fowleri, a rare

COVID-19 negative test reports will be required for passengers arriving from countries with a high number of cases, India’s health minister said. “We will identify the countries with the highest caseload in the next week,” Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said.

China’s top health officials estimate that almost 250 million people caught COVID-19 in the first 20 days of December, Bloomberg News and the Financial Times reported. It represents the largest COVID-19 outbreak to date, affecting roughly 18% of China’s 1.4

Over a million deaths could result from China’s sudden lifting of COVID-19 restrictions through 2023, according to the latest projections from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). It is estimated that about 322,000 deaths will be recorded in

Science presents actual facts and connects dots you might never have noticed before. Suppose, for instance, that traffic accidents are associated with people not getting vaccinated against COVID-19? A recent study published in The American Journal of Medicine explores the

The New Zealand Parliament passed a historic anti-smoking bill on Tuesday, banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born after January 1, 2009. As part of a government initiative to make the country “smoke-free” by 2025, the ban aims to