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France's armed forces are aiding a nationwide cattle vaccination to combat lumpy skin disease.

Acute-on-chronic liver failure will be treated with device that cleans patients’ blood corrupted by toxins

"I have always hoped that we would be able to keep the disease in check with medication, and the development has actually been quite slow up until now."

It was like a horror movie. The invisible polio virus would strike, leaving young children on crutches, in wheelchairs or in a dreaded “iron lung” ventilator. Each summer, the fear was so great that public pools and movie theaters closed. Parents canceled birthday parties, afraid their child might be the…

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

The European Union has delayed the signing of a trade deal with the South American Mercosur bloc, as protests by farmers and push back from key member states France and Italy expose the political fault lines running through Europe’s agricultural policy.

Spit hoods are ineffective in protecting against transmissible diseases and should be banned in prisons and hospitals, a coroner says.

The U.S. childhood immunization schedule, the grid of colored bars pediatricians share with parents, recommends a set of vaccines given from birth through adolescence to prevent a range of serious infections. The basic structure has been in place since 1995, when federal health officials and medical organizations first issued a…

A diet full of fish, berries, and wholegrains may even help reverse liver disease and pre-diabetes

As the world’s population ages, the number of people living with dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease increases. Given the lack of curative treatments and the limited effectiveness of available medications, interest in new therapeutic approaches is growing. Among them are cannabinoids from the cannabis plant.

In the ten months since his confirmation as United States Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr has regularly made headlines. Last month, he instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to abandon its official position that vaccines do not cause autism.