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A second child has died from measles as an outbreak of the highly contagious virus continues to grow in western Texas. The school-aged child was not vaccinated, had no underlying health conditions and was in hospital suffering complications from measles, Aaron Davis, the vice-president of UMC Health System, told theContinue Reading

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy told people gathered at a funeral for a second child in Texas who died from the disease that a vaccine is the “most effective” way to prevent it., Read MoreContinue Reading

A rare virus that killed actor Gene Hackman’s wife in February has been linked to the deaths of three people in California., Read MoreContinue Reading

The second death of a child with measles has been reported in West Texas amid an outbreak that has infected hundreds in the region and across state lines., Read MoreContinue Reading

Getty Images This month the government in England will launch a consultation for its men’s health strategy. The move is long overdue, experts say, with men much more likely to die prematurely than women. But why are they in such poor health – and what can be done about it?Continue Reading

Woman contacted by stranger on DNA site – and the truth about her birth unravelled Family handout Susan was no more than puzzled when she saw the first results from her home DNA testing kit. Now a woman in her mid 70s, she had never known much about her grandfather,Continue Reading

Health officials in Mexico say a 3-year-old girl from the western state of Durango is the country’s first confirmed human case of bird flu, Read MoreContinue Reading

‘I could live 30 years but plan to die’: How assisted dying law is dividing Canadians Fergus Walsh Medical editor Camilla Horrox Global health producer BBC April Hubbard sits on the theatre stage where she plans to die later this year. She is not terminally ill, but the 39-year-old performanceContinue Reading

Fresh off slashing 10,000 jobs at Health and Human Services and then acknowledging he had to rehire those mistakenly fired, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. will do a Make American Healthy Again tour next week., Read MoreContinue Reading