The mosquito-borne Zika virus is a single mutation away from becoming more infectious and harmful, scientists say. There is no vaccine for Zika but symptoms often don't develop or are mild such as a… [+1755 chars]
In-pharmacy minute clinic with CVS Pharmacy CVS Health The United States has launched a new and innovative program called Test And Treat. This program intends to solve one of the most immediate pro… [+3852 chars]
What's the link between social life and brain structure? Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, the Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute at Inserm, and elsewhere are now one step closer t… [+5828 chars]
A team of researchers at Atara Biotherapeutics has conducted a small Phase I clinical trial of a therapeutic called ATA188 that targets Epstein-Barr infections (EBV) as a treatment for multiple scler… [+2608 chars]
Fifteen-year-old Jordyne Lewis was stressed out. The high school sophomore from Harrisburg, North Carolina, was overwhelmed with schoolwork, never mind the uncertainty of living in a pandemic that h… [+9147 chars]
CORNWALL, Ontario – The Eastern Ontario Health Unit (EOHU) is reporting that cases of avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 (bird flu) has been detected in Eastern Ontario. The EOHU did not respond to inquiri… [+1711 chars]
SINGAPORE - Recipients of the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine are five times more likely to experience severe Covid-19 symptoms when they are infected than those who had the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vacci… [+2436 chars]
Image caption, George Fox was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2021 and had flown to the US for alternative treatment Tributes have been paid to a 13-year-old with an aggressive brain tumour who has… [+1233 chars]
Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine have devised an immunotherapy technique that combines chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy, or CAR-T cell therapy, with a cancer-ki… [+3454 chars]
Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The vast majority of children and young people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs)… [+6763 chars]
Fentanyl has gained a notorious reputation for being one of the most lethal drugs on Vancouver streets — but is it? While numerous British Columbians have died after using fentanyl, many of them di… [+4261 chars]
A 20-year-old man was hospitalised after a freak accident while masturbating - in a first case of its kind. The Swiss patient, who has not been named, suffered a rare lung injury normally caused by… [+3943 chars]
