The Latest Breaking News from Disease

Every Extra Hour Of TV In Your 20's Raises Heart Disease Risk, Study Says

The study suggests that every additional hour spent watching TV could increase the risk of heart disease by 26% in young adults.

Medical Daily · Aug 26, 2024

STI screening call after spike in unborn baby deaths

A concerning spike of unborn babies dying from a treatable condition has prompted doctors to urge people to undergo sexual health screenings.

AAP · Aug 26, 2024

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

Israel’s military says polio vaccines for more than 1 million people have been delivered to Gaza, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2024

Mpox: African countries have beaten disease outbreaks before – here’s what it takes

Barely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that mpox was no longer a public health issue of international concern, it is back in the news. This time with a diversity of variants, new modes of transmission and new populations infected.

The Conversation · Aug 24, 2024

Anthony Fauci recovering at home after hospitalization for West Nile virus

Former head of the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease is expected to make a full recovery

The Guardian - US · Aug 24, 2024

New virus that causes ‘staggering disease’ discovered in US – and it can kill pet cats and those in the wild

First case found in female mountain lion in Colorado last May

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

Shocking badger cull film on BBC will prompt anger like Post Office scandal drama, claims Queen star Brian May

‘Dynamite’ claims come two days after government performed U-turn on election pledge to stop killing native mammal

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

New Covid vaccines targeting KP.2 variant approved; 5 things to know

As the summer wave, dominated by FlirT variants, takes over the United States, The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated Covid-19 vaccines that specifically target recent variant of the disease - KP.2.

The Times of India · Aug 23, 2024

A bird flu outbreak is spreading among cows in the US. Scientists are hunting for answers

At first glance, it looks like an unassuming Iowa farm

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

Mpox outbreak widens as different strains reach Côte d'Ivoire, Thailand

Côte d'Ivoire has reported cases of mpox Clade 2 for the first time since the start of the multi-country outbreak in 2022, while Thailand has confirmed Asia’s first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the country from Africa.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 23, 2024