The Latest Breaking News from Disease

Cancer: Facts about the diseases that cause out-of-control cell growth

Learn facts about cancer, in which abnormal cell growth destroys healthy body tissues.

LiveScience · Apr 23, 2025

Here’s the data the NIH can collect from your medical history for its ‘autism database’

The NIH is planning to gather medical data to support its renewed autism study

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

Will Florida Teens With Sexually Transmitted Diseases Have To Tell Their Parents Before They Can Get Treatment?

These bills would require exactly that—and a lot more.

Reason · Apr 23, 2025

Patients With Leprosy Face Lasting Stigma In Ethiopia

Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family.

International Business Times · Apr 23, 2025

New blood test trial offers ‘exciting new era in cancer detection’

The laboratory will house leading scientists conducting ‘cutting-edge’ research and could be used in the NHS

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2025

Study Predicts Tens Of Millions Of Deaths If Trump Admin Pulls Funding For Overseas Disease Treatment Programs

A paper published as part of a project called Preprints with The Lancet models some 25 million additional deaths from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other diseases as a result of the U.S. pulling funding from disease prevention programs

Latin Times · Apr 22, 2025

How to cure vampirism in Oblivion or become a vampire on purpose for the nighttime buffs

Quickly rid yourself of Porphyric Hemophilia or cure yourself of full-blown vampirism.

PC Gamer · Apr 22, 2025

Tina Knowles had breast cancer

Tina Knowles has revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year but is now free of the disease.

BANG Premier · Apr 22, 2025

Nearly 650 measles cases reported in Texas. Track the spread here.

Collin County has reported its first measles case, but it is not yet considered part of the ongoing outbreak from West Texas.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 22, 2025

Smart brain implants are helping people with Parkinson’s and other disorders

Although the brain is our most complex organ, the ways to treat it have historically been rather simple. Typically, surgeons lesioned (damaged) a structure or a pathway in the hope that this would “correct the imbalance” that led to the disease. Candidate structures for lesioning were usually found by trial…

The Conversation · Apr 22, 2025