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A now-retired doctor in Texas describes his experience treating a child with a brain-eating amoeba infection.

Doctors are pulling out new techniques and drugs in an effort to cure devastating brain infections.

Cost of dementia could double by 2050 with over-65s population increasing

Vaccinations have provided significant protection for the public against infectious diseases. However, there was a modest decrease in support in 2023 nationwide for vaccine requirements for children to attend public schools.

We are sending 1m polio vaccines to Gaza but many people will die from preventable health threats unless we can quickly scale up aid delivery, says the WHO director general

Study predicts overall economic cost of cancer, heart disease, dementia and stroke will rise by 61%

Migraine is many things, but one thing it’s not is “just a headache”.

Humanity is suffering from an "extreme heat epidemic," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday, calling for action to limit the impacts of heat waves intensified by climate change.

Secretary general said wealthiest countries are ‘signing away our future’ with more production and called for phase-out of fossil fuels

We often hear about the importance of the human microbiome – the vast collection of bacteria and fungi that live on and inside us – when it comes to our health. But there’s another, equally important part of this microbial community that remains far less known: the virome.

Scientists in America have developed a nasal spray that can remove proteins in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease – at least, in mice.