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The global effort to end child marriage is in the news. In the U.S., there's a new bill before Congress (but it's controversial). And the U.N. is designating a day dedicated to ending the practice.
The judge in Lindsay Clancy's murder case has declared a mistrial after the jury was unable to agree on a verdict.
Research published in the journal Science illuminates a "missing piece" in the biological understanding of profound autism and offers new targets for drug development.
Research suggests that around half of all women in the menopausal transition years experience symptoms, like red, watery or gritty-feeling eyes. Hormonal shifts play a role, as do many other factors.
The Education Department gathers a massive tranche of civil rights data about public school students. It's now available but harder to parse than in the past.
Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Mental Health, Mary Butler TD, have today launched a public consultation on proposed amendments to the ...
Even highly trained clinicians can struggle with licensing exams, and the experience can challenge confidence and identity, affecting professional identity.
A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.
The Ig Nobel Prizes were awarded this week for humorous yet thought-provoking research. This year, the ceremony came with a twist.
The £21m hub brings together primary care, community wellbeing and leisure services in one location.
Nearly four percent of American adults are affected by sleepwalking annually, a condition that often has genetic ties and links to mental health problems. This disorder interrupts the brain's usual ...
The things you're doing to make your sleep better could actually be making your sleep worse.
Teenagers with inconsistent sleep schedules on weekdays and weekends may be more likely to experience anxiety, according to a new study. View on euronews ...
A consultant tells the Scotcast podcast that A&E patients ending in 'corridors and cupboards'.
In the unprecedented absence of federal guidance, leading medical groups are issuing their own recommendations for who should get the COVID-19, flu and RSV immunizations.
A woman whose 13-year-old sister took her own life says the "spiral that she was going through" was evident from her social media history.
For years, Pakistan has seen cases of children infected with HIV due to unsafe treatment in clinics and hospitals. A current outbreak numbers hundreds of cases. Why does this problem keep occurring?
This year's jab has a few tweaks, including changes to better combat last year's Super-K strain.
Pearl Roche died with dementia weeks after her family struggled to get supplies of her medication.
Lucy Shepherd is one of 90 women to take part in a trial helping cancer survivors come off medication.
One menopause specialist says she has seen women with up to 12 times the safe level of the hormone.
Hundreds of families say they have had to wait months or even years for a dementia diagnosis for a loved one.
The NHS has been trialling the test and says the results so far are truly promising.
Dry eyes are a very common chronic eye condition among women in perimenopause and beyond. Here's why you shouldn't ignore it.
The neighborhood is a pilgrimage site, with a shrine to the Sufi saint known as Bari Imam. In the past year, hundreds of homes of the working poor were razed. Residents fear more will be demolished.
Democrats and Republicans in Troy, N.Y., took on a national Catholic health system and kept the county's last birthing center open.
Chelsea McGillivray, from Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire, fell into cardiac arrest during labour after what was believed to be a textbook pregnancy.
Jo Hooper spent her 20s chasing career success, but had two work-related breakdowns before she was 31.
The highly regarded FEWS NET network stopped posting data on Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen -- then says it will start posting again in September. What's the reason for this back-and-forth?
An investigation from NPR and Boston University finds that heat kills thousands of Americans every year. But official numbers radically undercount heat deaths.
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