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The U.S. is due to officially exit the World Health Organization, despite concerns over the impact to public health and the legality of the move under American law.
WORLD / Science & Health
U.S. set to officially quit World Health Organization
Washington has yet to pay the U.N. health agency $260 million in ?fees that it owes for 2024 and 2025, despite a U.S. legal requirement to do so.
WORLD / Science & Health
NASA weighs ending space mission early after medical emergency
The U.S. space agency said Wednesday it could curtail the Crew-11 mission in a rare move, which involve astronauts from the U.S., Japan and Russia.
WORLD / Science & Health
Gene editing superstars team up to make cheaper rare disease cures
For a technology that costs millions, a collaborative approach may improve efficiency and allow the science to live up to its potential.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement on a deal with drugmakers in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 20, 2025
Nine drugmakers strike deals with Trump, with more to come
The agreements are the latest in a series of pacts designed to lower drug prices for some Americans in exchange for a three-year reprieve from threatened tariffs.
A scientist looks at hypometabolic and hypoperfusion patterns at the single-subject level from a patient suffering from Alzheimer's disease at a hospital in Geneva in June 2023.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 12, 2025
Alzheimer's drug hunt learns from cancer fight's multi-target playbook
By Deena Beasley
Just two drugs are widely approved to slow Alzheimer's ¡ª Eli Lilly's Kisunla and Leqembi from Eisai and Biogen.
Melanie Joly, Canada's industry minister, speaks during a news conference in Montreal on Tuesday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 10, 2025
Canada launches billion-dollar plan to recruit top researchers
The move is part of an effort to poach intellectual talent looking to leave the United States because of President Donald Trump's policies.
Demonstrators outside the Center for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta on Thursday
WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Dec 8, 2025
Disease prevention has taken a hit from U.S. vaccine advisers, experts say
By Chad Terhune, Nancy Lapid and Julie Steenhuysen
Since 1991, U.S. health officials have recommended universal vaccination for infants against hepatitis B. The move has cut infections dramatically and saved lives.
Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller spray contains glyphosate, which was classified by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer in 2015 as "probably carcinogenic to humans."
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 6, 2025
Ghostwriters, polo shirts and the fall of a landmark pesticide study
By Manon Jacob
A flagship study that declared the weedkiller Roundup posed no serious health risks has been retracted with little fanfare.
Members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's committee on immunization practices in Atlanta on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 6, 2025
U.S. vaccine panel upends hepatitis B advice in latest Trump-era shift
The move to end the decades-old recommendation is the panel's latest contentious about-face on vaccine policy.
New research shows tattoo ink moves rapidly into the lymphatic system, where it can persist for months, kill immune cells, and even disrupt how the body responds to vaccines.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 29, 2025
Tattoo ink moves through body, killing immune cells and weakening vaccine response
By Jason Gale
New research shows tattoo ink moves rapidly into the lymphatic system, where it can persist for months, kill immune cells, and even disrupt how the body responds to vaccines.

Thai woman arrested in Japan for smuggling 'zombie cigarettes'
Seized cartridges containing etomidate are shown at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Tuesday.
Kabuki actor Nakamura Tsurumatsu arrested for alleged damage at Tokyo restaurant
Kabuki actor Nakamura Tsurumatsu, whose real name is Daiki Shimizu, has been arrested on suspicion of breaking a Tokyo restaurant's door by kicking it on Sunday, sources said.
Growing number of anime studios setting up bases outside Tokyo to secure talent
Mappa¡¯s employees work at the anime studio¡¯s office in the city of Osaka in September. Some parts of the image are blurred for privacy reasons.
Heavy snow hits wide areas of Japan as extreme cold front hits
Central Sapporo on Wednesday morning. Around 50 centimeters of snowfall is expected in Hokkaido in the 24 hours between Wednesday and Thursday morning.
Osaka says 'I'm a little strange' after Melbourne fashion statement
Naomi Osaka arrives for her first round match against Croatia's Antonia Ruzic on Tuesday at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
At peace with baseball and refusing to be benched by surgeries, Warren Cromartie mulls legacy
Former Giants star Warren Cromartie worked with Kazuma Okamoto during his stint as a guest hitting instructor for Yomiuri.
In calling a snap election this soon, Takaichi is making it personal
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announces her will to dissolve the Lower House in Tokyo on Monday.
U.S. and Japan turn to drones to help offset China¡¯s military advantages
Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command operating area in November.
Snap election in February presents wintry challenges in Hokkaido
Workers in Sapporo's Odori Park prepare for the annual Snow Festival, which will take place during next month's Lower House campaign and Feb. 8 election.
Shinkansen vs. Amtrak and the lost art of small talk
The Amtrak Cascades line provides service along the Pacific Northwest from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Eugene, Oregon.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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After a busy couple of weeks on the public lecture circuit, German-born physicist Albert Einstein took a few days of relaxation on Hiroshima Prefecture¡¯s Miyajima island.
When Einstein came to Hiroshima
By Patrick Parr

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