The Rhode Island Department of Health is alerting medical professionals to the recent detection of novel synthetic opioids in ...

While part of this moment of crisis is self-inflicted, some of it is Trump-inflicted. It’s not clear when we’ll see light at the end of the tunnel, and things just get more complicated heading into an ...

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Last week, a judge decided to temporarily block a federal order that would have terminated $31 million in grant funding to ...

The closest place to Rhode Island to witness the emergence of periodical cicadas is Cape Cod, where Brood XIV is expected to ...

A team of scientists found that the H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, is becoming more adept at infecting mammals.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has detected its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday. The infection was confirmed on Tuesday in a ...

A two-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh's Palnadu district died from H5N1 avian influenza after her parents made her eat a piece of raw chicken. According to health authorities, the toddler’s death is ...

“This is how pandemics start.” This bird flu, which scientists call highly pathogenic avian influenza, or H5N1, is already at panzootic—animal pandemic—status, killing birds in every ...

A coalition of 26 states and the District of Columbia has filed a sweeping lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., challenging the ...