The Latest Breaking News from Disease

Jesy Nelson reveals petition for SMA1 screening at birth after twins’ diagnosis

The 34-year-old announced on Sunday that her twin daughters have been diagnosed with the severe muscular disease.

Evening Standard · Jan 6

RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record

The Trump administration’s overhauling of the decades-old childhood vaccination schedule, announced by federal health officials on Jan. 5, 2026, has raised alarm among public health experts and pediatricians.

The Conversation · Jan 6

US Announces Fewer Childhood Vaccine Requirements—Trump: 'No Longer Require 72 Jabs for Healthy Children'

The US updates its childhood vaccine schedule, recommending fewer shots and emphasizing personalized decisions, sparking debate over public health and disease prevention.

International Business Times UK · Jan 6

Intermittent Fasting and Longevity: What Science Reveals About Living Healthier Longer

Intermittent fasting science links fasting longevity benefits to autophagy, metabolic repair, and disease risk reduction, with evidence from animal and human studies.

Medical Daily · Jan 5

Steve Cohen's Point72 Buys $20M of Biotech Stock Advancing Depression Treatment

Point72 Asset Management purchased over 1.2 million shares of Tonix Pharma at $16.28 each as the company aggressively advances its drug development programmes.

International Business Times UK · Jan 5

Jesy Nelson's fiancé Zion Foster gives heartbreaking update on their twins after disease diagnosis

Nelson, 34, revealed her eight-month-old daughters Ocean and Story will likely be disabled and unable to walk

Evening Standard · Jan 5

‘I’ve given someone the extra years my friend was denied’: how losing Dawn led me to donate a kidney

After a friend died from kidney disease, nurse Charlotte Blake, 58, from Warwickshire, decided to give someone on the transplant waiting list the ultimate gift

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5

How a potential bird-flu pandemic could play out

The World Health Organization uses the term ‘Pathogen X’ to denote an unknown or unspecified pathogen that could cause a pandemic. Since 2018, the WHO has been steering efforts to detect and contain outbreaks, including ‘Disease X’. And when this disease does infect humans, the impact would depend on how quickly countries…

Newslaundry · Jan 5

Jesy Nelson reveals twin daughters may never walk after being diagnosed with devastating muscular disease

Nelson broke down in tears as she explained eight-month-old Ocean and Story have severe SMA and may never walk

Evening Standard · Jan 4

Early lung cancer checks reach 50,000 Australians

Figures have been released six months after a free lung cancer screening program was introduced, with 10 per cent of participants detected with the disease.

AAP · Jan 4