The Latest Breaking News from Disease

Salt is a common ingredient that, in enough quantities, can wreak havoc on your gut health and damage your microbiome.

Increasingly frequent natural disasters leave islanders reliant on processed foods for months on end – with deeply concerning knock-on effects to health

A new report reinforces that the virus is not going away.

The viral disease kills 5,000 people a year in west Africa, and has been described as an epidemic threat to global health

The UN’s migration agency says displaced residents urgently need clean water, purification tablets and food supplies.

Researchers now say that adopting a heart-healthy lifestyle could be the key to slowing down biological aging.

More than 300 politicians, health experts and celebrities on Thursday called for US pharmaceutical giant Gilead to allow cheap, generic versions of a promising new HIV drug to be produced so it can reach people in developing countries most affected by the deadly disease.

Though one in two people will develop some form of cancer in their lifetime, there’s still much we don’t know about this disease. But thanks to continued research efforts, we keep learning more about the biology of cancer. One of these recent discoveries could even transform our understanding of how…

Nightmares are unpleasant, but perfectly normal – for most. However, my colleagues and I have recently discovered that they can also presage autoimmune diseases, such as lupus.