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Medical Xpress / Will measles outbreak spread to Georgia? With holiday travel, it could

One of the biggest measles outbreaks of the past two decades is taking place less than 200 miles from Atlanta.

Phys.org / Halfway through Florida's bear hunt, state officials won't say how many bears are dead

Florida's first statewide black bear hunt in a decade is more than halfway over but state wildlife leaders have offered no information on its progress, not even a death count.

Dec 22, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Social media users in the Central Valley are freaking out about unusual fog, and what might be in it

A 400-mile blanket of fog has socked in California's Central Valley for weeks. Scientists and meteorologists say the conditions for such persistent cloud cover are ripe: an early wet season, cold temperatures and a stable, ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Wealthy elite's private travel habits spark debate over climate and inequality

While millions of people make the effort to sort their recycling, buy fewer clothes and generally make greener choices, the world's wealthiest can emit the same amount of carbon as the average person does in a year by going ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Study reveals low immunity against H3N2 strain in Hong Kong: Early vaccination urged

Flu activity has surged in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere, driven primarily by a newly emerged H3N2 strain known as subclade K.

Dec 23, 2025 in Immunology
Phys.org / When 1 + 1 ≠ 2: How mixed water contaminants rewrite toxicity rules

Pesticides and disinfection by-products are widely detected together in treated drinking water at trace levels worldwide. Both groups are associated with long-term health risks, including cytotoxicity and genotoxicity, raising ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Supporting kids' social lives, without social media

In Australia, as this school year ended, kids under 16 also lost access to social media. Some are relieved. Some are furious. Many are quietly wondering: what now?

Dec 23, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Legionnaires' disease warnings appear at Orange federal courthouse

Signs posted around the George C. Young Federal Annex Courthouse in downtown Orlando warn court staff and visitors to be wary of the water because of the presence of the bacterium which causes Legionnaires' disease—the ...

Medical Xpress / 1 in 500 Alaskan deaths during pandemic was from COVID-19, state reports

Over a roughly three-year period beginning in March 2020, 1,564 Alaskans died from COVID-19.

Medical Xpress / A silent pandemic: Scientists warn of escalating global antimicrobial resistance

Once a medical miracle, antibiotics are now losing their power. Across the world, common infections are becoming harder—and sometimes impossible—to treat. A new review paints a sobering picture of global antimicrobial ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / The world risks forgetting one of humanity's greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded "iron lung" ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that public pools and movie ...

Medical Xpress / FDA approves first subcutaneous drug for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Rybrevant Faspro (amivantamab and hyaluronidase-lpuj) as the first and only subcutaneously administered therapy for patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Medications