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Anyone who witnesses a polio vaccination campaign in Pakistan will notice something remarkable: in most areas, the majority of health workers moving house to house to vaccinate children against this highly infectious paralytic disease are women.

Inflammation is what drives the fever response to the disease and is closely linked to long COVID, according to the study.

There is growing concern about the impact of the disease, which is spread through tick bites.

The FDA is considering greenlighting the experimental treatment under its accelerated approvals program. Some critics point out the therapy isn't yet proven to work and may be costly.

Stephen Young, 73, had symptoms for weeks that allegedly went undiagnosed by doctors until he was finally sent for a blood test

Alex Wilson, from Edinburgh, watched his father’s health deteriorate with the rare condition when there was very little support for families of those with Huntington’s

The cancer has one of the lowest 10-year survival rates of any cancer.

A semi-retired Edinburgh dad took on the London Marathon with his daughter, raising funds for the Scottish Huntington’s Association after his father died from the genetic disease at the age of 47.

A centre for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) has been established through an alliance of seven medical institutes, to make the treatment more efficient and lower the mortality rate among children with congenital heart disease, the Public Health Ministry said.