Health News for English Learners

A young woman died in Russia. She worked in a lab. The lab studies plague, a very bad illness. Some news stories say she had plague. Russia says this is not true. The WHO is a world health group.

Alex Ferguson was a famous football manager. In 2018, he had a big brain problem. Doctors did an operation on his brain. After that, he could not speak. A therapist helped him. He wrote the names of animals and rivers.

Ketamine is a drug. Some children in Britain take it. Some of them are only 13 years old. The drug hurts their bodies. A hospital in Liverpool helps these children. It has a special clinic for them.

A teen in Pennsylvania died from measles. The teen was 18 years old. The teen did not get the vaccine. Four people in the state died this year. Two were babies. Measles is a disease. It moves fast from person to person.

A new study is about hot drinks. Scientists in Britain studied many people for ten years. People who drink very hot tea get cancer more often. A drink is very hot at 65 degrees. Hot drinks can hurt the food pipe.

A new study is about sleep. Scientists in South Korea studied 40,000 adults. People who slept longer at weekends had lower blood pressure. About ninety minutes more was best. Too little sleep is bad for the heart.

Tick bites are rising in the United States. A tick is a very small animal. It bites people. One bite can make you sick. Then you cannot eat red meat. Beef and pork make you ill. Fish and chicken are still safe.

E-scooters are hurting more children in England. Three hospitals helped 477 children in six years. In 2019, they saw only a few cases. In 2024, they saw 149. The children were about twelve years old.

Scientists in America used AI to make new viruses. AI means artificial intelligence. The new viruses only attack bacteria. We call them phages. They are safe for people. The AI made many designs.

Two people in Michigan died. They had a stomach illness. Officials said this on 3 August. These were the first deaths from this illness. It is the biggest outbreak in the United States.

Carly Simon is a famous American singer. She is 83 years old. On Monday, she said she has Parkinson's disease. Parkinson's is an illness of the brain. It makes it hard to move. First, Simon had pain in her hip and knees.

Scientists in Brazil tested small needles for bad headaches. They put the needles in the ear. Sixty-eight women joined the study. Half got the real treatment. Half got a fake one. Both groups felt less pain.

New York City has a bad illness. It hurts the lungs. It began in June. Many people are sick now. Some are in the hospital. The illness comes from dirty water. It grows in warm water. People breathe it in and get sick.

Chris Johnson is a famous football player. He is 40 years old. He says he has ALS. ALS is a very bad illness. It has no cure. ALS hurts the nerves in the body. Slowly, people cannot walk or speak.

In June 2026, Britain was very hot. Doctors warned that the heat is dangerous. England put out a red heat alert. The heat can hurt healthy people too. The body sweats to stay cool in heat.

A new study looks at women and pain. Many women buy a medicine called paracetamol for period pain. But doctors say a different medicine works better. This medicine is called ibuprofen. The two medicines are not the same.

CDC is the US health agency. It says Ebola is spreading. The illness could reach 20,000 people. About 400 people are sick now. 63 people have died. Ebola is very dangerous. It spreads through blood and other body fluids.

Two American studies link bad sleep to cancer. They looked at over 18 million Americans. They were aged 18 to 50. Many had insomnia. Insomnia means trouble sleeping. These people had more cancer in five years.

WHO (the world health group) says there is an emergency. A bad disease called Ebola is spreading fast. It started in Congo. Now it is in Uganda too. More than 130 people have died. This Ebola is a rare kind.

A new UK study found a big change. One in seven people now use AI for health. AI means artificial intelligence. Many use it instead of a doctor. AI is free and fast. But AI can be wrong. One woman trusted AI.

Three people died on a cruise ship near Africa. The ship was on a long trip. Doctors say a rare disease made them sick. The disease comes from mice and rats. Mice and rats can spread the disease to people.

Alzheimer's is a brain illness. It makes people forget. Scientists tested new drugs. The drugs help only a little. Other scientists studied eggs. Eating eggs may help the brain. The new drugs cost a lot of money.