The Wikimedia Foundation suffered a security incident today after a self-propagating JavaScript worm began vandalizing pages ...

When you tune into Guy Ritchie’s Young Sherlock, you’ll be treated to some onscreen magic from not one but two of the Fiennes family. The Amazon Prime Video mystery thriller, which doubles as an ...

From the outrageous creations of Portland, Oregon’s Voodoo Doughnut to Dominique Ansel’s world-famous Cronut out of his New York City bakery, doughnuts have become one of the most photogenic (and ...

The U.S. will participate in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) upcoming meeting on the composition of the influenza vaccine despite officially withdrawing from the global group last month. The WHO ...

The Democratic governor cast the move as a direct response to the nation’s withdrawal from the WHO, which her office says compromises the “country’s global health safety and preparedness to respond to ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul during a briefing in Brentwood, New York, last year. Photo: James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images Smarter, faster on what matters.

If you were an immigrant kid in New York at the turn of the twentieth century, the candy store was the center of your world. You went there to kibbitz and schmooze, to get away from the crush of ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

In a strange turn of events, even for the U.N., the World Health Organization held the U.S. flag captive in what seemed to be an act of defiance after the American government withdrew from the ...

New York City has joined a United Nations health network in the wake of the United States leaving the World Health Organization (WHO). In a press release Thursday, the New York City Department of ...

This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. The New York City Department of Health ...

The 1960s were a turning point for American food culture. Convenience foods exploded, fast food chains expanded nationwide, and snack companies became household names. It was a decade of ...