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More than 130,000 people will benefit from check-ups that will be considered the equivalent of an NHS appointment

Hopes that device may improve diagnosis and monitoring of conditions such as lung and kidney disease

Citing skyrocketing COVID spread, the FDA announced in late August that it had approved Pfizer’s Comirnaty and Moderna’s Spikevax vaccines early.

In 1817, a British physician named James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, describing for the first time cases of a neurodegenerative disorder now known as Parkinson’s disease. Today, Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the U.S. It affects about 1 million Americans and…

If consistent sleep isn’t possible, a weekend lie-in may be a good idea.

Border regions in countries neighbouring DRC raise alert levels and screening measures as the mpox virus spreads.

Test detects biomarkers of condition before symptoms progress

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO) have declared the latest outbreak of mpox in Africa a health emergency. An epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to neighbouring countries and more than 1,400 new mpox cases were detected in just…

Experts discuss a rare mosquito-borne illness forcing public spaces to close down at night

Catching up on lost sleep over the weekends might help offset sleep deficits from the week, and mitigate heart disease risk, the study suggests.

Planning on waking up early this weekend?