The Latest Breaking News from Disease

Tamil Nadu Health Dept. launches month-long awareness campaign to eliminate leprosy by 2025. It aims to reduce new cases by 70% and child cases/deformities by 90% by 2027. Public support is key to reduce cases; people should know signs/symptoms & seek medical help. Dept. also provides post-exposure prophylaxis drug to…

New Jersey health officials are looking for a potential source of the unusual surge in Legionnaires' disease seen in two counties.

There's now an FDA-approved vaccine for chikungunya, a mosquito-spread virus that can cause fever, severe joint pain, and rarely, death.

The Latin American country is one of the first in the world to introduce a health tax targeting ultra-processed foods

Diarrhoea and respiratory infections are some of the leading infectious diseases affecting the besieged enclave.

A Gold Coast optometry clinic has become the first in Australia to offer non-invasive treatment for dry eye disease.

Delhi's air quality improved after a week of hazardous pollution. Rain, wind direction change & stubble burning contributed. Govt. plans to induce artificial rain & has banned app-based taxis & rescheduled school winter break.

Australia is now into its next COVID wave. We’ve seen hints of this for a while. Case numbers and indicators of severe disease began rising in Victoria in August. But it has taken several months for a consistent pattern to emerge across Australia.

A Brisbane woman hopes to raise awareness about hydatid disease after doctors defused a "toxic timebomb", removing a watermelon-sized cyst from the 29-year-old.

Omega-3s are most commonly found in fish, though you also get them from dark leafy greens, flax seeds, hemp seeds and walnuts.

There are lots of dog problems which strike fear into owners whether medical, behavioral or simply due to daily living