Category: 4. Health

Global rates of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in childhood and adolescence have nearly doubled since 2000, putting more kids at risk for poor health later in life.

“In 2000,…

The rate of children and teenagers living with high blood pressure globally has nearly doubled because of a toxic combination of unhealthy diets, mass inactivity and soaring levels of obesity, according to the largest review of its kind.

Experts…

Bird flu cases are on the rise in Sonoma County after three farms tested positive for the deadly virus beginning in late October, according to recent data from the U.S. Agriculture Department.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, a deadly…

Promising results from a new malaria drug offer hope against emerging drug resistance in Africa. In a clinical trial,…