Health

The Biden administration is proposing tougher standards for a deadly air pollutant, saying that reducing soot from tailpipes, smokestacks and wildfires could prevent thousands of premature deaths a year. A proposal released Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency would set maximum levels of 9 to 10 micrograms of fine particle …

Nearly half of people worldwide do not get the recommended daily total water intake, a new report indicates Yet drinking enough water may help to delay the aging process for many.  A recent study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published in eBioMedicine suggests as much — though there …

When 67-year-old Roben Seltzer was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease three years ago, his symptoms were so bad he could barely get out of bed. He was treated with physical therapy and medication to manage symptoms like tremors, stiffness and slowness. His doctor also offered him a surprising treatment option: ping-pong.  …

China defended on Thursday its handling of its raging COVID-19 outbreak after U.S. President Joe Biden voiced concern and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Beijing was under-reporting virus deaths. The WHO’s emergencies director, Mike Ryan, said on Wednesday that Chinese officials were under-representing data on several fronts, some of …

If you’ve seen Adele perform recently, you may have noticed a slight change in the way she walks. On New Year’s Eve, the Grammy-winning artist revealed why.  “I have a wobble these days because I have really bad sciatica,” she said during her Las Vegas residency show over the weekend.  …

Tirzepatide, an injection medication already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat Type 2 diabetes, is likely to receive FDA approval for another indication — weight loss — later this year, according to multiple reports. The medication from Eli Lilly has the potential to become a “blockbuster” weight-loss …

More countries around the world are joining the U.S. in imposing new rules on travelers from China amid concern over a lack of transparency from Beijing about surging COVID-19 cases. The explosion in new infections came right as the Chinese government decided to end its years-long “zero-COVID” policy, which brought …

Seoul — When China suddenly lifted its draconian COVID-19 restrictions last month, permitting residents to travel again, the number of Chinese tourists flying into South Korea and other popular vacation destinations in the region surged. Concern over high infection rates in China and a lack of clear data from Beijing about …

Hospital beds were filled and long queues formed at hospitals in Shanghai on Tuesday, as China is urged to share its data on the latest COVID wave spreading throughout the country. Patients were seen flooding the emergency department of the Zhongshan hospital in Shanghai, with hospital beds filling corridors and …

The European Union has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to China, the EU executive said on Tuesday, as infections there surged following Beijing’s relaxation of its “zero-COVID” policies. China has not responded to the offer yet, a spokesperson for the European Commission told journalists at a regular briefing. He did not …