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Dr. Rochelle Walensky is preparing for life after the pandemic. She announced her plans to step down as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on May 5, just six days before the federal government declared the end of the public health emergency.

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Chloe Smith was a teenager when her 'brave and resilient' mum died from breast cancer aged just 33

Tom Stevenson played Non-League football for Solihull Borough and Tamworth FC, before raising awareness of Motor Neurone Disease during a decade-long health battle

Donnacha was diagnosed with SMA – a form of motor neurone disease that affects children – in 2021, at three months.

A new major cancer research project will look for early signs of breast cancer

Finding may help fight against diseases spread by flies and make traps more effective

Karnataka will soon get a branch of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). A memorandum of understanding was signed between the NCDC, Government of India, and the State Health and Family Welfare Department in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Florida and Texas have reported a combined total of five cases, noting the patients are ‘improving’ from their symptoms.

Tommy sought help after experiencing slurred speech and difficulties walking which prompted a referral to a specialist, and multiple tests, before the 80-year-old received his diagnosis in 1997.

Earlier this year, federal health minister Mark Butler announced a new national Lung Cancer Screening Program. The first of its kind for lung cancer, the screening program will open initially to current and former smokers aged 50 to 70 years by July 2025. It aims to save lives by detecting…