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Magnesium supplement tablets, illustrative of oral magnesium products.

Magnesium Glycinate vs. Citrate: Which Should You Take?

Glycinate is calming and gentle; citrate is well absorbed but mildly laxative. Which magnesium fits sleep, constipation and daily use, and what the evidence actually shows.

Health  · 7 Jul 2026, 09:28  · Sara Lindqvist
A woman performs a barbell squat during a strength-training workout in a gym.

Is Creatine Safe for Women With PCOS?

A single 2009 study on male rugby players still scares women with PCOS away from creatine. Here's what the actual research on women shows about dosing, bloating, and hormones.

Health  · 7 Jul 2026, 06:36  · Sara Lindqvist
A woman meditating outdoors, one of the habits clinicians link to a healthier daily cortisol rhythm.

How to Lower Cortisol: What the Evidence Actually Says

Cleanses, cocktails and 'cortisol face' are everywhere online. Endocrinologists say almost none of it works, and the real ways to calm the stress hormone are cheaper and duller than the trend admits.

Health  · 6 Jul 2026, 07:59  · Sara Lindqvist
Colorized scanning electron microscope image of Legionella bacteria, the pathogen behind the cluster under investigation on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

NYC Investigates Legionnaires' Cluster on the Upper East Side

Two confirmed cases, no deaths, and a health department moving early: what New Yorkers need to know about the Legionnaires' cluster now under investigation on the Upper East Side.

Health  · 3 Jul 2026, 05:26  · Sara Lindqvist
CDC ArboNET surveillance map of West Nile virus activity across U.S. states in 2026.

West Nile Virus Is Off to Its Worst Start in 20 Years, CDC Says

The CDC has confirmed 48 West Nile cases by June 30, far above the usual 10, with Arizona hardest hit as officials urge simple precautions over the July 4 weekend.

Health  · 2 Jul 2026, 04:19  · Sara Lindqvist
Travelers are screened for Ebola on arrival in Kinshasa as part of the DRC outbreak response.

DR Congo's Ebola Toll Hits 377 Deaths as Outbreak Spreads

With 1,307 confirmed cases and a fourth province affected, the DRC's Bundibugyo outbreak is the fastest first month for Ebola on record in Africa.

Health  · 1 Jul 2026, 09:23  · Sara Lindqvist
Resident doctors on a picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital in London during the dispute.

England's Resident Doctors Accept Pay Deal, Ending Two Years of Strikes

A 53% vote closes the longest pay fight in the NHS's recent history, but the doctors' union is already warning it will not stay closed.

Health  · 29 Jun 2026, 18:02  · Sara Lindqvist
Health workers in protective equipment at an Ebola response site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo: CIDRAP)

CDC Raises Ebola Response to Its Highest Level as Cases Top 1,100

The CDC has moved to its highest response level as the Congo-Uganda Ebola outbreak becomes the third largest on record. For US readers, the risk stays low.

Health  · 28 Jun 2026, 09:30  · Sara Lindqvist
A health worker in protective equipment during the Ebola response in eastern DR Congo. Credit: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters.

France Confirms First Ebola Case as Congo Outbreak Outpaces Response

A returning aid doctor tested positive in France. The public-health answer to the obvious question is reassuring; the picture inside Congo is not.

Health  · 25 Jun 2026, 09:32  · Sara Lindqvist
A hallway at the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

Hantavirus Quarantine Ends for 18 Cruise Passengers in Nebraska

The last of 18 Americans exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship left a 42-day quarantine in Omaha, with federal officials reporting no sustained spread in the U.S.

Health  · 24 Jun 2026, 07:39  · Sara Lindqvist
A vial and syringe, representing an immunotherapy infusion (illustration).

NHS Approves First Drug That Delays Type 1 Diabetes

Teplizumab can hold off the onset of type 1 diabetes for close to three years, but only for the small group caught before symptoms start, and most are never tested.

Health  · 23 Jun 2026, 09:27  · Sara Lindqvist
A northern giant petrel in flight; the species is one of two WA seabirds confirmed with H5 avian influenza. (Illustrative)

Australia Locks Down Poultry as a Second Seabird Tests Positive for H5

A second infected seabird put Australia's biggest chicken producer into lockdown. The number that matters, for now, is two.

Health  · 22 Jun 2026, 06:22  · Sara Lindqvist
Health workers train in full Ebola protective equipment, illustrating the protection medics in Congo need.

Ebola Kills 17 Medics in Congo as a Frail Health System Buckles

The WHO says 75 health workers have been infected and 17 have died in Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, straining a system with about 11 medics per 10,000 people.

Health  · 21 Jun 2026, 18:09  · Sara Lindqvist
A researcher in protective gear tends to a seal pup on a beach, illustrating H5N1's toll on wildlife at Australia's Heard Island.

Australia Confirms Its First H5 Bird Flu Case on the Mainland

Authorities confirmed the deadly H5 strain of avian influenza in a migratory seabird in Western Australia, the first mainland case of a virus that has reached every other continent.

Health  · 20 Jun 2026, 11:51  · Sara Lindqvist
Vials and packaging of the Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine used in school immunisation programmes.

HPV Jab Cuts Cervical Cancer Deaths in Young Women to Near Zero

A Lancet analysis says girls vaccinated at 12 or 13 now have a close-to-zero risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30.

Health  · 18 Jun 2026, 13:22  · Sara Lindqvist
The SNOO smart bassinet, whose maker received an FDA warning letter.

FDA Warns the Maker of the $1,700 SNOO Smart Bassinet

The FDA cited Happiest Baby for selling SNOO products without clearance and flagged mold and unsanitary refurbished units, giving the company 15 days to respond.

Health  · 17 Jun 2026, 08:48  · Sara Lindqvist
Health workers check personal protective equipment during an Ebola response (illustrative).

Congo's Ebola outbreak becomes largest ever of Bundibugyo strain

With 782 confirmed cases and 181 deaths reported by June 14, Congo's Ebola outbreak is now the largest caused by the Bundibugyo virus, a strain with no licensed vaccine or treatment.

Health  · 16 Jun 2026, 18:47  · Sara Lindqvist
Bottles of cough syrup on a pharmacy shelf in India.

India Ends Over-the-Counter Sales of Cough Syrups

New rules notified June 9 strip syrups of a decades-old exemption, so cough mixtures can no longer be bought without a prescription after children died from tainted batches.

Health  · 16 Jun 2026, 11:42  · Sara Lindqvist
Illustration of a middle-aged couple in conflict, evoking midlife stress.

The Real U.S. Midlife Crisis Is Loneliness and Strain, Study Finds

Born in the 1960s and early 1970s, today's middle-aged Americans report more loneliness, depression and memory trouble than the generation before, a 17-country study finds.

Health  · 14 Jun 2026, 18:53  · Sara Lindqvist
Two older men playing chess, an illustration for a study on whether brain health can improve with age.

A Study Says Brain Health Can Improve at Any Age. Read the Fine Print

A three-year study of nearly 4,000 adults found measurable brain-health gains from ages 19 to 94. The finding is real — but the sample skews narrow and there's no control group.

Health  · 13 Jun 2026, 18:02  · Sara Lindqvist