public health

Authorities in Pakistan reported Monday that gunmen targeted vaccination teams in northwestern districts during a nationwide campaign against the paralytic poliovirus, resulting in the deaths of at least one health…

Mexico’s Congress on Wednesday approved a constitutional reform banning the production, distribution, and sale of e-cigarettes, joining a widening clampdown on a device promoted as less harmful than smoking. The…

Richard Holden, a Conservative former minister in the United Kingdom, called for a ban on first-cousin marriage in the country, citing concerns over increased risks of birth defects among children…