Obesity affected nearly a third of adults in England in 2025, new research suggests. The study by researchers from the University of Cambridge, the British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre at Health Data Research UK and The George Institute for Global Health also revealed the most disadvantaged groups are bearing a disproportionate burden of the obesity crisis, and this gap has widened in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A genetic difference carried by nearly one in three people may increase the risk of severe COVID-19 and lung fibrosis by disrupting the function of a previously unknown protein, according to a new study.

Job dissatisfaction and pursuing additional degrees were the leading reasons that nurses left their roles a few years into the pandemic, according to a new study published in the journal Health Affairs Scholar. 

The findings point to actionable strategies that employers can use—such as flexible or non-traditional scheduling—to improve job satisfaction, work-life balance, and curb costly turnover.

The COVID-19 pandemic did not push nurses out of hospitals or other care settings as feared, but nurses left their primary jobs at nearly double the rate from 2018 to 2022, a new University of Michigan study found.