US health authorities warned Tuesday of a large number of untreated hepatitis C patients, despite the fact that a cure for the dangerous disease has been available for a decade. They urged health in… [+2658 chars]
Even as Covid-19 has not completely been wiped out and the new monkeypox outbreak has raised concerns, a new type of animal-derived virus has been reported in China. The Henipavirus - also known as L… [+2240 chars]
<ul><li>As Lauren McGregor cradles her newborn son, her joy at welcoming her first son is bittersweet - because baby Seb's father passed away more than two years before his birth.</li><li>Widow Laure… [+7894 chars]
Download logoA 66-year-old man who has been living with HIV since the 1980s might be the fourth person cured of the HIV virus that causes AIDS since this global epidemic was discovered. The story of… [+2005 chars]
Routine childhood immunisations have dropped so dramatically globally during the COVID-19 pandemic that the World Health Organization and UNICEF are raising the alarm. Internationally, 25 million c… [+5319 chars]
A possible way to tackle one of the underlying causes of asthma has been developed by researchers from Aston University and Imperial College London. In tests in mice, the researchers were able to vi… [+2754 chars]
On average, 28 Nigerian women died from cervical cancer every day in 2018, resulting in a total of more than 10,000 deaths. It is the second most common cancer among women in Nigeria. But it is als… [+5951 chars]
Source/Disclosures Source: Murphy, EC. HPV Inpatient Postpartum Vaccination: Evaluation of a Pilot Quality Improvement Project. Presented at: Infectious Diseases Society for Obstetrics and Gynecolo… [+4195 chars]
A 20-year trial seems to indicate that a starch found in bananas can reduce some cancers by more than half. The international study, which included researchers from the University of Leeds, has shown… [+1203 chars]
In a recent study posted to the Preprints with The Lancet* server, researchers estimated the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of the primary and booster doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine… [+7639 chars]
Social media posts claim a probiotic "melting candy" can restore teeth and gums and prevent major dental procedures. This is false; there is no clinical evidence to support the use of the product and… [+2953 chars]
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) significantly correlated with a higher risk for COVID-19 severity and mortality, according to the results of a recent meta-analysis published in International Immunoph… [+3064 chars]
