The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared Congo’s Ebola outbreak an international health emergency, sounding a rarely used global alarm after the virus threatened to spread to a major city and into neighbouring countries....
New research gives some biological clues to why women may be more likely than men to develop Alzheimer's disease and how this most common form of dementia varies by sex....
Two-year-old twins joined at the head have undergone successful surgery at a British hospital to separate their skulls, brains and blood vessels, doctors said on Tuesday....
More than one in 10 children - or 20 million worldwide - missed out last year on vaccines against life-threatening diseases such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus, the World Health Organization and the UNICEF children’s fund said on Monday....
After feeling sick for several days the pastor boarded a bus to eastern Congo’s largest city. Only upon arrival at his destination did anyone suspect he had the highly deadly and infectious Ebola vi...
A healthy lifestyle can cut your risk of developing Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia even if you have genes that raise your risk for these mind-destroying diseases, a large study has found....
Stress and trauma over the political turmoil surrounding Hong Kong’s extradition bill have created an unprecedented mental health problem that the city is not equipped to deal with, medical professionals say....
Alzheimer's disease may be a risk for older prostate cancer patients given hormone-blocking treatment, a large, US government-funded analysis found....
Vaccination against the virus that causes almost all cervical cancer is having a major impact on stopping infections and should significantly reduce cases of the disease within a decade, researchers s...
Brazil's health ministry says deaths from dengue fever in the last six months have risen 163% from the same period last year....
Millions of pigs have been culled in China and Vietnam as a UN food agency urges Asian governments to make containing virulent African swine fever their top priority....
Researchers for a group of universities have identified five key 'barriers to healthcare' that discourage people from using healthcare services in Nepal, Bournemouth University said in a press release...
Authorities say E coli bacteria encountered at the San Diego County Fair has killed one child and si...
Several well-trodden paths crisscross this lush area where people walk between Congo and Uganda to v...
The isolation ward for Ebola patients is a tent erected in the garden of the local hospital. Gloves ...
The World Health Organization on Friday said the Ebola outbreak in Congo — which spilled into Ugan...
New York eliminated the religious exemption to vaccine requirements for schoolchildren Thursday, as ...
Taking painkillers to relieve headache is harmful to health, warn health practitioners, urging peopl...
A new study shoots down the notion that medical marijuana laws can prevent opioid overdose deaths, c...
Leprosy is an ancient disease, the oldest disease known to be associated with humans, with evidence ...
To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne s...
Roughly a quarter of Ebola infections in eastern Congo are estimated to be going undetected or found...
South Korea said Wednesday North Korea has so far ignored its calls for joint efforts to stem the sp...
The deadly brain-damaging Nipah virus has resurfaced in the southern Indian state of Kerala a year ...
California officially gave its blessing to coffee Monday, declaring the beverage does not pose a "si...
Newer drugs are substantially improving the chances of survival for some people with hard-to-treat f...
Posing as heroin users seeking help, researchers contacted hundreds of treatment clinics in US state...
China has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu in Horgos in the far western Xinj...
AstraZeneca and Merck & Co's Lynparza helped patients with advanced pancreatic cancer who carry ...
Africa could be declared free of endemic "wild" polio early next year if a strain last seen in Nige...
Scientists studying a bacterium that causes scarlet fever, severe sore throat and a form of heart di...
E-cigarettes aren’t considered as risky as regular cigarettes, but researchers have found a clue t...
Contrary to the misconception that thyroid problem occurs only in women, a number of men are found t...
Long-running research projects credited with pivotal discoveries about the harm that pesticides, air...
