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Half the World's Cataract Patients Can't Get a Surgery That Costs Less Than a Dinner Out
Cataract surgery takes 30 minutes and can cost less than $50. So why can't half the world's patients get one?
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The Carbs You Choose May Be Quietly Shaping Your Dementia Risk
A long-term study links high-glycemic diets to greater dementia risk, and the implications stretch far beyond what's on your plate.
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WHO Nations Wrestle Over Who Owns a Pandemic's Most Valuable Resource
The fight over who owns pandemic pathogens and who profits from them is quietly shaping whether the world can respond fast enough next time.
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The Parasite That Never Really Sleeps: Rethinking Toxoplasma in the Brain
A parasite carried by a third of humanity was thought to sleep quietly in the brain. New research shows it never really stopped moving.
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Libya Eliminates Trachoma, Reshaping the Fight Against Neglected Blindness
Libya's WHO-validated trachoma elimination is a genuine public health win, but the harder work of keeping it eliminated is only just beginning.
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Wild Blueberries Are Quietly Becoming One of Science's Most Studied Foods
Every few years, nutritional science lands on a food that seems almost too convenient to be true. Wild blueberries may be the latest, but the evidence building
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Ukraine's Health System Is Being Dismantled, One Strike at a Time
Five years into Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine's health care infrastructure is being eroded not just by the war's physical destruction but by a compoundi
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A Blood Test May Catch Parkinson's Decades Before the Tremors Begin
For most of the roughly one million Americans living with Parkinson's disease, the diagnosis arrives late. By the time a neurologist confirms the condition, som
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The Cell That Reorganizes Itself Into Old Age
For decades, the dominant story of aging has been one of accumulation and decay: damaged proteins pile up, DNA frays at the edges, and cells slowly lose the abi
20 Mar 2026
The Silent Brain Disease That Quadruples Dementia Risk in Older Adults
Most people have never heard of cerebral amyloid angiopathy. That unfamiliarity is part of what makes it dangerous. A condition marked by the buildup of amyloid
20 Mar 2026
The Collagen Supplement Boom Is Built on Shaky Science
Walk into any pharmacy or scroll through social media for more than five minutes and you will encounter the same promise: collagen supplements can restore youth
20 Mar 2026
WHO Sets the 2026–2027 Flu Vaccine Formula — and the Clock Is Already Ticking
Every February, a small group of virologists, epidemiologists, and public health officials gather under the auspices of the World Health Organization to make on
20 Mar 2026
Chile Becomes the First Country in the Americas to Eliminate Leprosy
Chile has just accomplished something no other country in the Western Hemisphere has managed: the World Health Organization, alongside the Pan American Health O
20 Mar 2026
Full-Fat Cheese and Dementia Risk: What a 25-Year Swedish Study Really Tells Us
For decades, the nutritional establishment told us to put down the brie and reach for the skim milk. Fat was the enemy, saturated fat was the villain, and dairy
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Humanoid Robots Can Dance, But They Still Can't Fold Your Laundry
There is something almost philosophical about the gap between what humanoid robots can do and what they cannot. A modern robot can perform backflips, navigate r
