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Maricopa County Confirms First West Nile Death of 2026 Season

A rise to 17 confirmed cases signals greater danger for older and medically vulnerable residents.

Loneliness Linked to Lower Memory in Older Adults, Not Faster Decline, European Study Finds

UKHSA Reissues Warning on Alcohol-Free Wipes Linked to Fatal Bacterial Outbreak

Austin-Travis County Whooping Cough Cases Reach 154+, Up 58% Year Over Year

Dementia Overtakes Heart Disease as Australia’s Leading Cause of Death

Chronic Loud Noise Triggers Parkinson’s-Like Damage in Mice

Sexual Selection, Not Just Chromosomes, Drives Lifespan Gaps Between Males and Females

Milwaukee County Confirms First West Nile Case of 2025 in Bayside

Smoking Linked to Higher Risk Across All Type 2 Diabetes Subtypes, Study Presented at EASD Finds

Homocysteine Tied to Aortic Stiffening in Rabbit Study

Study Links Fine Particle Pollution to Lewy Body Dementia and Identifies Toxic Protein Strain

New Jersey Confirms Two Human West Nile Cases as Northeast Activity Intensifies

JAX Mouse Study Links Retinal Vessel Changes to Dementia Risk, Launching Human Evaluation

Lifetime Asteroid Death Risk Exceeds Rabies but Falls Far Short of Car Crashes

Recreational Screen Time Linked to Higher Cardiometabolic Risk in Youth

West Nile Virus Confirmed in Massachusetts Goat as Illinois Reports Second Human Case

UK to Pivot NHS Toward Prevention as 1 Million at Risk from Smoking, Drinking and Obesity

India’s Covid-19 Caseload Falls to 5,600 as New Omicron Sub-Variants Spread

Sydney Legionnaires’ Toll Rises to 15 Cases and One Death

Sydney Issues Health Alert as Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Hospitalizes Six