94% of older Australians say home gardening space is important—why isn't it part of housing crisis discussions?

Rabat, 15 September 2025 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), together with the Kingdom of Morocco, today opened a landmark meeting in Rabat to launch the Health Emergency Leaders Network for Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean. This network is the first of its kind, bringing together deputy ministers and senior health emergency leaders from Ministries of Health in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean regions, alongside international partners to forge stronger regional defences that also reinforce global health security. “When crises transcend borders, so must our response—seamlessly, efficiently, and with one voice. The Network’s value is clear: trust, operational alignment with global efforts, and a mechanism to share lessons and advance cross regional opportunities before emergencies erupt. But its success will depend on the trust built among Member States. It must be country-driven, sustained, and rooted in shared responsibility,” said Dr. Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean. “Africa CDC’s journey since 2017 has been rooted in the vision of a New Public Health Order, with leadership and partnerships at its core. Through the continental Incident Management Support Team (IMST), co-chaired by Africa CDC and WHO, we have shown the power of connected action in responding to outbreaks such as Mpox. Beyond systems, Read more...

Despite positive signs in reducing overuse of psychotropic medication in aged care, some areas still need urgent attention according to Macquarie University's Associate Professor Magda Raban.

Adequate folate consumption is recommended for women in preconception and pregnancy to ensure cell growth and development. But new research from the University of Adelaide and Flinders University has revealed the need to establish a safe upper limit on consumption.

Fall is in the air. Chicago evenings have a crisp breeze. But something has been bugging Annie Andrews.

Side effects experienced when taking oral contraception may be affected by women's expectations and beliefs about the pill, according to an exploratory study by psychologists.

An artificial intelligence (AI) program created by Cedars-Sinai may reduce hospitalizations in people diagnosed with heart failure, a new study reports.

Everyone gets headaches, but not all headaches are the same.

Duke Clinical Research Institute-led research finds that changing clocks and adjusting to daylight savings time showed no significant association with acute myocardial infarction (AMI, or heart attack) incidence or in-hospital outcomes.

As fall approaches, it's time to start preparing for the start of flu season as well.

"Everybody can get" the COVID-19 vaccine.

Although Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted on social media in April that the "most effective way to prevent the spread of measles is the MMR vaccine," in a CBS News interview that month, he said, "The federal government's position, my position, is that people should get the measles vaccine, but the government should not be mandating it."

A team of University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have identified a pathway to help the human body defend itself against sepsis—a life-threatening condition caused by the body's inappropriate response to an infection.

Interventions to address firearm accessibility and related dangers should account not only for direct exposure to violence but also for complex psychosocial pathways through which firearms affect mental health across populations, according to a systematic scoping review published in Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

People living in the U.K. and following a diet close to the Mediterranean diet are more likely to have better gum health, with potentially lower amounts of gum disease and inflammation.

Life-saving opportunities to prevent suicide among autistic people are being missed because systemic barriers make it difficult for them to access NHS support during times of mental health crisis, according to new research.

Vaccination for those exposed to the Ebola virus and front-line health workers has begun in southern Kasai province, the World Health Organization said Sunday.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. As new disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease are now becoming available, both early and accurate diagnosis in a resource-efficient assessment process are becoming increasingly important, as not everyone responds to the new drugs. Seeking medical care for cognitive impairment is not necessarily the result of Alzheimer's disease—it can, for example, be caused by depression, fatigue or other dementias.

An illusion is when we see and perceive an object that doesn't match the sensory input that reaches our eyes. In the case of the image below, the sensory input is four Pac Man–like black figures. But what we see or perceive is a white square—i.e., the illusion.