All age groups in the United States are experiencing a “high severity” of influenza cases among all age groups for the first time since the 2017-18 flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said., Read MoreContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. A strike involving nearly 5,000 healthcare workers at Providence Health in Oregon, which began Jan. 10, has come to an end. Late Monday, eight RN bargaining units voted overwhelmingly to ratify their contracts and end the strike, which was believed to be the largestContinue Reading
An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda, Read MoreContinue Reading
A Texas measles outbreak has doubled in the last week to 124 cases, state health officials said Tuesday, a day after they warned a person infected with the highly contagious disease had traveled from the outbreak zone., Read MoreContinue Reading
Kansas lawmakers on Tuesday overrode Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a measure that bans gender-affirming care for minors in the state., Read MoreContinue Reading
The humble malva nut, which for centuries has been used to make tea in Southeast Asian countries, could have a much more important future as a sustainable source for medical applications, U.S. researchers say., Read MoreContinue Reading
The number of measles cases in an outbreak in West Texas continues to grow, with 58 patients confirmed in communities near the border with New Mexico., Read MoreContinue Reading
Newly elected Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin speaks after winning the vote at the DNC Winter Meeting at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., on Saturday. Rod Lamkey/AP hide caption toggle caption Rod Lamkey/AP After a low-key election among Democratic National Committee voting members,Continue Reading
Standing in front of the North Carolina Supreme Court in Raleigh on Jan. 14, Ted Corcoran reads a list of over 60,000 people who cast ballots in the November 2024 election but whose votes have been challenged by Republican court candidate Jefferson Griffin in his extremely close race with DemocraticContinue Reading
It was a Friday when the phone rang in the office of a New Zealand-born accountant named William Gaston Walkley. On the other end of the line was Terry Southwell-Keely, deputy chief of staff at the Sydney Morning Herald, who had just received a cable from Standard Oil of CaliforniaContinue Reading
Like zombies rising from the grave, many long-rejected oil pipeline projects like Energy East are suddenly being promoted as national necessities in response to U.S. President Traitor 47’s musings about annexing Canada. To be clear, most Canadians agree that Canada needs to take The Traitor’s threats seriously and accelerate long-overdueContinue Reading
I have not been quiet about the fact that A Shore Thing was one of my favorite Romances of 2024, so I am wildly excited to be revealing the cover of Joanna Lowell’s next queer historical romance, A Rare Find, releasing June 10, 2025 from Berkley Romance! Here’s the story: When an aspiringContinue Reading
Traitor 47 signed an executive order to give him and other presidents greater power over independent regulatory agencies — entities Congress set up to be shielded from White House control. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images Traitor 47’s executive order Tuesday toContinue Reading