TIL Tag: health
179 headlines found.
- Man gets genetically-modified pig heart in world-first transplant
January 11, 2022 - Canada trucker protest: Ottawa declares emergency.
February 7, 2022 - Canada truck blockade court order to end
February 12, 2022 - New Zealand weaponizes Barry Manilow, James Blunt and the 'Macarena' against 'Freedom Convoy' protests
February 13, 2022 - Bruce Willis gives up acting due to brain disorder aphasia.
March 30, 2022 - US judge throws out Biden mask mandate for planes and trains.
April 19, 2022 - World's oldest person, Kane Tanaka, dies in Japan aged 119
April 25, 2022 - Worry and fear as US faces baby formula shortage.
May 13, 2022 - Monkeypox cases investigated in Europe, US, Canada and Australia.
May 20, 2022 - World faces big challenges over Covid, monkeypox and wars – WHO
May 23, 2022 - A leading adviser to the World Health Organization described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as "a random event" that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe.
May 23, 2022 - Abbott: US baby formula plant linked to national shortage resumes production.
June 5, 2022 - Piles of unburied bodies and contaminated drinking water are prompting fears of a cholera outbreak in the southern port city of Mariupol.
June 7, 2022 - U.S. FDA advisers overwhelmingly back Moderna COVID vaccine for ages 6-17
June 15, 2022 - North Korea reports 'epidemic' of unidentified intestinal disease after Covid wave.
June 20, 2022 - Roe v Wade: Abortion clinics start to close after Supreme Court ruling.
June 25, 2022 - Supreme Court curbs EPA’s ability to fight climate change.
June 30, 2022 - Google will delete location history data for abortion clinic visits. The company said that sensitive places including fertility centers, clinics and addiction treatment facilities will be erased.
July 2, 2022 - Thousands march to White House for abortion rights.
July 10, 2022 - At least 17 Democratic members of the US Congress have been arrested at an abortion rights protest in Washington DC.
July 20, 2022 - Monkeypox: WHO declares highest alert over outbreak
July 23, 2022 - Samuel Alito: Top US judge mocks world leaders over abortion ruling.
July 29, 2022 - Kansas votes to keep right to abortion.
August 3, 2022 - Biden administration declares the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency
August 5, 2022 - US pharmacy chains ordered to pay $650m in Ohio opioids suit
August 18, 2022 - Revealed: Ginni Thomas's links to anti-abortion groups who lobbied to overturn Roe.
September 9, 2022 - Monkeypox fatality confirmed in Los Angeles, a possible US first.
September 13, 2022 - Alzheimer's drug lecanemab hailed as momentous breakthrough.
November 30, 2022 - Scientists develop blood test for Alzheimer's disease.
December 28, 2022 - Mifepristone: US Supreme Court preserves abortion drug access
April 22, 2023 - Biden foregrounds abortion as he announces bid for second term as US president
April 25, 2023 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had emergency surgery to fit a pacemaker, after being taken to hospital on Saturday night.
July 23, 2023 - Lucy Letby: nurse becomes fourth woman in UK to receive whole-life jail term after murdering seven babies
August 21, 2023 - Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines
October 2, 2023 - New Zealand smoking ban: Health experts criticise new government's shock reversal
November 27, 2023 - Scientists hail new antibiotic that can kill drug-resistant bacteria
January 3, 2024 - King Charles III diagnosed with cancer, Buckingham Palace says
February 5, 2024 - Major Alabama hospital pauses IVF after court rules frozen embryos are children
February 22, 2024 - France makes abortion a constitutional right
March 5, 2024 - Eight children and an adult die in Zanzibar after eating sea turtle meat
March 10, 2024 - Paul Alexander: 'Man in the iron lung' dies at the age of 78
March 13, 2024 - Italy passes measures to allow anti-abortion activists to enter abortion clinics
April 16, 2024 - Arizona takes major step toward repealing near-total abortion ban from 1864
April 24, 2024 - Women should give up vaping if they want to get pregnant, study suggests
April 26, 2024 - Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban
May 1, 2024 - Supreme Court dismisses case that would have limited abortion pill access
June 13, 2024 - Japan top court says forced sterilisation unconstitutional
July 3, 2024 - Celebrity sex therapist Dr Ruth Westheimer dies at 96
July 14, 2024 - Richard Simmons, celebrated fitness instructor, dies aged 76
July 14, 2024 - RFK Jr says he was behind mystery of dead bear dumped in Central Park with bicycle
August 4, 2024 - Israel agrees to pause fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination
August 29, 2024 - Melania Trump confirms support for abortion rights, stating there is 'no room for compromise' on women's 'individual freedom'
October 3, 2024 - Michelle Obama makes fiery pitch on abortion as Trump courts support from Muslim leaders
October 27, 2024 - MPs vote in favour of historic bill to allow assisted dying after emotional debate
November 29, 2024 - US health executive shot dead in 'targeted attack', New York City police say
December 4, 2024 - Luigi Mangione charged with murdering healthcare CEO in New York
December 10, 2024 - FDA bans red dye No. 3 from food, drinks and ingested drugs in the US
January 15, 2025 - Religious sect followers prayed and sang as an 8-year-old died. All 14 have been found guilty of manslaughter
January 29, 2025 - Louisiana issues arrest warrant for New York doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill
February 2, 2025 - Senate confirms RFK Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary
February 13, 2025 - Denmark to ban mobile phones in schools and after-school clubs
February 25, 2025 - A Texas child who was not vaccinated has died of measles, a first for the US in a decade
February 26, 2025 - James Harrison, blood donor whose rare plasma saved millions of babies, dead at 88
March 3, 2025 - Starmer announces NHS England will be abolished, with central government back running health service
March 13, 2025 - TikTokers call for 'chubby filter' to be banned
March 21, 2025 - DNA testing site 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection
March 24, 2025 - Doctor treating Pope Francis says team considered ending treatment so he could die
March 25, 2025 - Utah becomes first state to ban adding fluoride to public water systems
March 28, 2025 - Robert F Kennedy Jr claims anti-vax physicians healed 'some 300 measles-stricken children'
April 8, 2025 - Risks to children playing Roblox 'deeply disturbing', say researchers
April 14, 2025 - Luigi Mangione indicted on federal charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing
April 18, 2025 - RFK Jr and health agency falsely claim MMR vaccine includes 'aborted fetus debris'
May 1, 2025 - Fatal blast near Palm Springs fertility clinic 'act of terrorism' – FBI
May 18, 2025 - Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds
May 20, 2025 - World agrees pandemic accord for tackling outbreaks of disease
May 20, 2025 - Billy Joel cancels tour after diagnosis with brain disorder normal pressure hydrocephalusI
May 23, 2025 - Disposable vapes to be banned across UK to cut back on waste and youth vaping
May 30, 2025 - RFK Jr. removes all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee
June 10, 2025 - Anne Wojcicki's nonprofit wins bid to acquire genetic testing company 23andMe
June 15, 2025 - California doctor to plead guilty to supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine
June 17, 2025 - Supreme court paves way for South Carolina and other states to defund Planned Parenthood
June 26, 2025 - River Seine reopens to swimmers in Paris after century-long ban
July 5, 2025 - Arizona resident dies from plague, health officials say
July 12, 2025 - White House says Trump diagnosed with vein condition after questions about bruises
July 17, 2025 - Man wearing heavy metallic necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine
July 21, 2025 - China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost births
July 29, 2025 - YouTube to be included in Australia's teen social media ban
July 30, 2025 - RFK Jr's health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research
August 6, 2025 - Plan to reintroduce banned pesticide in France overruled by constitutional council
August 8, 2025 - South Korea bans phones in school classrooms nationwide
August 27, 2025 - Hot mic catches Xi and Putin discussing organ transplants and immortality
September 3, 2025 - Texas law will allow residents to sue mail-order abortion pill providers
September 4, 2025 - Sweden to implement nationwide mobile phone ban in schools
September 16, 2025 - Hundreds plunge in Chicago River for first official swim in nearly 100 years
September 21, 2025 - Trump will reportedly link pain reliever Tylenol to autism – but many experts are sceptical
September 22, 2025 - Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
September 24, 2025 - FDA approves another generic abortion pill, prompting outrage from conservatives
October 3, 2025 - Biden starts radiation therapy for aggressive form of prostate cancer
October 12, 2025 - Texas attorney general sues Tylenol makers, claiming links to autism
October 28, 2025 - David Cameron reveals prostate cancer diagnosis and calls for targeted screening
November 24, 2025 - Teens launch High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban
November 26, 2025 - US vaccine panel votes to end recommendation for hepatitis B jabs for newborns
December 5, 2025 - Four Republicans join Democrats to force vote on extending healthcare subsidies
December 18, 2025 - Brazilian ex-president Bolsonaro treated for persistent hiccups
December 29, 2025 - Swedish workers trial 'friendship hour' to combat loneliness
December 30, 2025 - France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year
December 31, 2025 - Astronaut's 'serious medical condition' forces Nasa to end space station mission early
January 9, 2026 - Nasa announces timeline of astronauts' early departure from ISS due to 'serious' medical issue
January 10, 2026 - ISS astronauts begin journey back to Earth in Nasa's first ever medical evacuation
January 15, 2026 - Paracetamol is safe in pregnancy, says study refuting Trump autism claims
January 17, 2026 - Meta, TikTok and YouTube heading to trial to defend against youth addiction, mental health harm claims
January 26, 2026 - Texas sues Delaware nurse practitioner accused of mailing abortion pills across state lines
January 27, 2026 - More than 60 children infected in north London measles outbreak
February 15, 2026 - Excruciating tropical disease can now be transmitted in most of Europe, study finds
February 18, 2026 - Uni student among two dead in Kent meningitis outbreak
March 16, 2026 - Judge blocks RFK Jr's changes to US childhood vaccine schedule
March 17, 2026 - Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro allowed to serve 27-year sentence at home due to failing health
March 24, 2026 - Meta told to pay $375m for misleading users over child safety
March 25, 2026 - Meta and Google found liable in landmark social media addiction trial
March 25, 2026 - Vaping likely to cause lung and oral cancer, Australian researchers find in new review of evidence
March 31, 2026 - US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone
May 2, 2026 - Three dead in suspected hantavirus outbreak on Atlantic cruise ship
May 3, 2026 - Rudy Giuliani in critical condition in hospital
May 4, 2026 - Dolly Parton cancels Las Vegas residency over health issues
May 5, 2026 - Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship not start of pandemic, UN health agency says
May 7, 2026 - US and French nationals test positive for hantavirus after leaving ship
May 11, 2026 - US Supreme Court restores abortion pill access for now
May 14, 2026 - Marlboro maker accused of ‘exploiting’ young people with new global ad campaign
May 15, 2026 - WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda ‘emergency’ of international concern
May 17, 2026 - Cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients, trial shows
May 31, 2026 - Norway’s crown princess on waiting list for lung transplant
June 5, 2026 - Canada bans Texas cattle over flesh-eating screwworm outbreak in US
June 6, 2026 - Australian doctor who underwent world-first brain tumour treatment dies
June 7, 2026 - Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha dies after more than three years in coma
June 12, 2026 - McConnell hospitalized and ‘receiving excellent care,’ spokesperson says
June 14, 2026 - Half of world’s children exposed to at least three climate hazards, Unicef says
June 16, 2026 - US to stop funding HIV programmes in South Africa
June 20, 2026 - Europe's heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C
June 28, 2026 - WHO says Hantavirus outbreak linked to ship is over
July 2, 2026 - Martha Lillard, last US polio patient using iron lung, dies at 78 in Oklahoma
July 12, 2026 - Midnight social media curfew proposed for older UK teens
July 15, 2026 - Pete Hegseth says soldiers over age 30 to be screened for testosterone deficiency
July 15, 2026 - French MPs approve assisted dying law with strict rules after years of argument
July 15, 2026 - Test that found source of US explosive diarrhoea outbreak was false positive, health officials say
July 20, 2026 - As Trump boosts nuclear power, regulators seek to eliminate a longstanding radiation safety practice
July 26, 2026 - Johnson & Johnson offers up to $5.5bn to settle baby powder lawsuits
July 28, 2026 - Dr. Anthony Fauci repeatedly pleads the Fifth in dramatic Senate hearing about Covid pandemic
July 29, 2026 - Girl’s undisclosed death in gene-editing trial raises red flags in booming Chinese industry
July 31, 2026 - Cancer survivors need protection from future discrimination, say German politicians
August 4, 2026 - Senate subcommittee obtains Fauci’s phone ahead of contempt vote
August 6, 2026 - Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt for Refusing to Answer Questions
August 6, 2026 - FDA approves first mRNA-based flu vaccine
August 6, 2026 - New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health
August 7, 2026 - Trump signs order to limit childhood vaccines and split MMR shots
August 11, 2026 - NASA astronaut Mike Fincke leaves agency months after medical emergency in space
August 13, 2026 - Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO
August 14, 2026 - Tommy John, MLB pitcher and namesake of revolutionary elbow surgery, dies at 83
August 16, 2026 - Top album releases linked to rise in fatal crashes as ‘distracted’ drivers access music
August 17, 2026 - World’s oldest person Ethel Caterham celebrates 117th birthday
August 21, 2026 - King of Norway's health has worsened, palace says
August 24, 2026 - Meta Reaches $18 Billion Settlement With 48 States Over Child-Safety Claims
August 26, 2026 - German airport worker dies of malaria after 'mosquito arrives on plane'
August 26, 2026 - Wife of man who died after turbulence sues airline
August 29, 2026 - Transplanted pig kidney works in US man's body for record 271 days
September 3, 2026 - Lindsay Clancy murder case ends without verdict as judge declares a mistrial
September 4, 2026 - MPs vote against legalising assisted dying in England and Wales
September 11, 2026 - Surrogate who refused abortion over heart defect takes custody battle to US Supreme Court
September 12, 2026 - Céline Dion performs first live show in more than six years
September 13, 2026 - Pennsylvania woman dies from measles complications, state’s third death this year
September 13, 2026 - Australia launches urgent review after OpenAI program hacks government health portal
September 24, 2026 - Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
October 1, 2026 - Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection
October 4, 2026 - Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
October 7, 2026 - Christa Pike discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers say
October 10, 2026 - Pope diagnosed with lung cancer but had successful surgery, Vatican says
October 14, 2026 - Australian MP loses both legs after alleged car attack, husband says
October 21, 2026 - Poland’s parliament votes to ease abortion ban but faces likely veto from president
October 21, 2026 - Pope Leo needs no further cancer treatment, Vatican says
October 21, 2026 - NSW passes ‘human compost’ laws with several MPs saying they will utilise practice after they die
October 21, 2026