Health Correspondent
27 articles · Writes about Health
Neha Sharma writes about health, medicine and public health policy for The NE Times, turning research and official guidance into clear, practical reporting.
Recalled Sinaloa jalapeños have triggered downstream recalls across major US retailers as the linked Salmonella outbreak reaches 431 cases.
Four people have been admitted to hospital, and four patients were infected with several pathogens at once, in an outbreak traced to a Minnesota grower.
The surgeon and domestic policy adviser would inherit an agency that has lost more than 3,000 staff and has been without a confirmed head since May.
CDC counts 454 hospitalisations across 17 states, with both deaths in Michigan, in one of the largest parasitic foodborne outbreaks on record.
The Bundibugyo virus epidemic has passed the toll of the 2018-2020 outbreak and now reaches 54 health zones, with the WHO warning it is outpacing relief.
The FDA gave the Midwest Poultry egg recall its most serious classification as a separate jalapeño-linked outbreak reached 431 cases in 32 states.
The ex-NIAID adviser admitted conspiracy to defraud the US over hidden pandemic research records; he faces up to five years and sentencing on 12 November.
Four GreenWise frozen berry products are now a Class I recall after 12 E. coli infections in Florida and Georgia, four of them requiring hospital care.
Three dogs have fallen ill in connection with the recalled six-pound bags, which carry lot BB012729 and a best-by date of 27 January 2029.
About 155,000 American five-year-olds are exempt from at least one vaccine, and MMR coverage has fallen to 92.4%.
CDC data shows 2026 has already surpassed last year's total with months to spare, with 93% of cases in unvaccinated people and 37 outbreaks putting America's measles elimination status at risk.
The Bundibugyo-strain epidemic has recorded 4,381 confirmed cases across eastern DRC with earlier cross-border spread into Uganda, while US health experts stress the threat to Americans remains minimal.
The Compassionate Allowances programme, which approves clear-cut disability claims in days rather than months, now covers 314 conditions after the SSA added 14 rare diseases and aggressive cancers to the list.
Measles cases across the Americas fell by half in early July 2026, yet PAHO still rates the regional risk as very high amid stubborn immunity gaps.
At a London conference, Biogen unveiled Phase 2 data suggesting its tau-targeting therapy diranersen can clear toxic brain tangles and slow decline.
With another heatwave building and preparedness gaps exposed, the WHO says fewer than half of European states have proper heat-health action plans.
New WHO guidelines argue that tobacco, air pollution, isolation and untreated illness drive a large share of dementia risk that societies can act on.
The UK government has confirmed a national evaluation to test all babies in England for SMA, a genetic condition where early treatment can transform outcomes.
A new NHS England framework promises wearable monitors, better staff training and a prevention focus to reduce sepsis deaths and complications by 2035.
More than 52 million malaria vaccine doses have reached 25 African countries, yet completing the full four-dose schedule remains a stubborn challenge.
The multi-target inhibitor Revtorpyk was cleared for certain advanced breast cancers, with trial data showing sharply reduced risk of disease progression.
The Bundibugyo strain of Ebola continues to spread in eastern DR Congo, with 754 deaths reported and Ituri province at the centre of the response.
A parasite that causes prolonged diarrhoea has spread across 34 US states, with Michigan hardest hit and investigators examining lettuce as a suspect.
A new WHO and IARC report warns annual cancer cases could hit nearly 35 million by 2050, with Asia carrying more than half of the world's growing burden.
BMC figures show Mumbai dengue up 27.8% and malaria up 18.2% by mid-July 2026, as the civic body ramps up fogging, house surveys and monsoon disease control.
The health ministry has banned 16 fixed-dose combination drugs, saying they lacked therapeutic justification and posed avoidable health risks.
India has launched Aarogya Setu 2.0 and a suite of new digital health tools, with over 90 crore ABHA accounts created and 100 crore health records linked so far.
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