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Farmers and authorities in Indonesia are working hard to contain the spread of foot and mouth disease, while the Australian government has committed millions of dollars towards biosecurity measures to tackle the outbreak.

“We need to emphasise that prostate cancer can be a silent or asymptomatic disease, particularly in its curable stage. Waiting out for urinary symptoms may mean missing opportunities to catch the disease when it’s treatable"

Nick Gardner, 82, set the target when his wife Janet was moved into a care home after developing Alzheimer's disease.

“Those suffering from the “political disease of Modi phobia” will vanish soon”

Health authorities issue a new warning after a child who attended the music festival becomes the third case linked to the event.

NSW Health say a child who attended July's Splendour In The Grass in Byron is likely to be the third case of meningococcal disease from the music festival.

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) announced positive top-line results from its pivotal U.S. Phase 3 study in infants evaluating its 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine candidate (20vPnC) for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). The study met two co-primary objectives, associated with immunogenicity responses. Pfizer shares traded in a range of $48.55 to…

The World Health Organization is holding an open forum to rename the disease monkeypox, after some critics raised concerns the name could be derogatory or have racist connotations

Public health officials announced that the polio virus has been detected in the city’s wastewater and urged vaccination.