Bunia, a bustling city in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has become the center of an Ebola outbreak that has prompted global alarm even as a local response is only now being assembled. Outside the main hospital, workers are hammering nails and raising tents for a few isolation wards where

The World Health Organization has revised the Ebola death rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to between 30% and 50% based on confirmed cases. Anaïs Legand of the WHO’s high threat pathogens team said: “It’s huge. It means that up to five out of 10 people

The first time I had a panic attack while traveling, I was sitting with my husband in a restaurant at Heathrow Airport, almost 5,000 miles from home. It began with a quick hot flash that spread from my head to my feet, followed by a racing heart and trembling,

A man in his 50s says his female friends seem genuinely happy when they meet and usually accept his invitations, yet rarely initiate contact between gatherings. Months can go by with no message, which leaves him wondering whether they are true friends and whether he is doing something wrong. He

Tracey Burton, chief executive of Uniting NSW and ACT, urged wealthier Australians to spend more of their superannuation on their own aged care to free up capacity for people without means. She made the comments before her last major speech before stepping down and said 'A culture change is

Amanda Peet revealed that a breast cancer diagnosis last fall arrived during an already difficult stretch. She wrote that for years she’d been told her breasts were “dense” and “busy,” requiring extra monitoring. The Friday before Labor Day she went for what she thought would be a routine scan,

Wellness influencers on TikTok and Instagram have been posting shots of equal parts lemon juice and extra‑virgin olive oil, claiming benefits from glowing skin to improved digestion and even “detoxing.” One writer tried a tablespoon of each and found the bitter, peppery mix surprisingly easy to drink, though dietician

A-listers know how to catch Zzzs in style, and with Daylight Saving Time throwing off our sleep patterns earlier this month, it’s a good moment to stock up on their go-to items for unwinding. Celebrities such as Oprah and Gwyneth Paltrow often reach for products designed to help soothe

In January, business professor and happiness researcher Arthur C Brooks appeared on the Modern Wisdom podcast to offer tips on routines, and for couples he suggested a nightly ritual: spend five minutes holding hands and staring into each other’s eyes. The idea echoed a 2015 New York Times essay

It began in 1998 with ankle pain and a podiatrist’s prescription for seven Percocet, a pill containing oxycodone. The drug dulled both pain and anxiety, and Ken Rideout soon learned to alter prescriptions and target smaller pharmacies to get more. A move to London felt like a fresh start,

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) is accepting proposals for secondary analysis of de-identified commercial astronaut health and performance data housed in the EXPAND Database and Biorepository. The solicitation, part of TRISH’s Enhancing eXploration Platform and ANalog Definition (EXPAND) Program, opens the EXPAND centralized research database to

I've been active for as long as I can remember. Growing up in Fujian, I watched university students running and playing sports, and that left an impression on me. In the 1970s I moved to Hong Kong, keeping fit by running and walking to work, and later relocated

I had my first panic attack on New Year’s Day 2022 and, in the months that followed, increasingly craved serenity. Woodworking emerged as a place I might get some reprieve after a traumatic event changed how I experienced the world. I signed up at the Victorian Woodworkers Association in

The second half of 2011 was not a good time for me. Work was very stressful, a hoped-for summer romance had slowly fizzled out, my mother was unwell and I was missing my father. I found myself living in a state of high anxiety: I kept going to work and

Just as spring emerges from its long, soggy lie-in, we’re going back to bed. It may not seem the most obvious time of year for World Sleep Day (which was 13 March), but light evenings, early sunrises and the last cries of the fox mating season mean some of

When Nick went camping he set up his tent 100 metres away from the group. “It became a bit that I did,” he says, after years of using humour to cope with the “cacophony” of his snoring. In 2019 a doctor’s visit revealed an “alarming” blood pressure reading and,

You were married for 30 years and, after years as close friends, your husband grew distant while remaining kind. By chance you discovered he had been having a year-long affair and you describe your life as having 'lost its cohesion' and being 'reduced to pieces'; shame

Lisa Devine, 37, runs a candle-making studio in Queens called 2nd Chance Candles. She chose the name to express her belief that your past doesn't define your future and that everyone deserves a second chance. Devine grew up in Putnam County, New York, with plans to pursue dental

I had grown used to pulling my phone out on the church lawn while my daughters played, telling myself I was being efficient. The reasons came quickly: check the grocery order, reply to a text, see the weather. Cutting the device out of my life for 24 hours revealed those

I want a second baby, but my husband says our daughter is more than enough for him. During my first marriage a routine gynecology exam revealed an issue that could make pregnancy and childbirth complicated, yet four months into my second marriage I became pregnant and that earlier diagnosis did

Emma Heming has launched the Emma & Bruce Willis Fund for Dementia Research and Caregiver Support while accepting the Susan Newhouse & Si Newhouse Award of Hope at The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration’s Hope Rising Benefit in New York. She announced the fund on Instagram with a photo of

EltaMD is marking National Dermatologist Day with 20% off its products, and Paige DeSorbo gave the brand a recent shoutout on Amazon Live. She said she had "just started using" its "absolutely amazing" tinted SPF, though she did not name a specific formula. Hailey Bieber favors

Olivia Munn said the best advice she received from Shannen Doherty during her cancer battle was simple: “just be so aggressive.” The two became close in the months before Doherty died after her long fight with breast cancer that had metastasized to her bones and brain. Speaking at Los Angeles

In a TikTok video defending Chappell Roan, Doja Cat said she’s “struggling” with borderline personality disorder. “I’ve learned from a very young age to pretend that I like stuff, to pretend that I’m happy, to pretend that I don’t like stuff that I do, to appear

Readers shared tried-and-tested tips for falling and staying asleep, and the results have been gathered to show practical strategies and proven products. The suggestions cover simple routines, small comforts and tested bedding that aim to make nights more restful as the evenings change. Practical items included a timed neck massager