The Latest Breaking News from Disease

The Biden administration is considering expanding eligibility for a second COVID-19 booster to those under 50 to try to protect more people against the latest omicron surge.

Australia is currently in its third Omicron wave (second if you live in Western Australia). This one is caused by the subvariants BA.4 and BA.5.

In an experiment at the International Space Station, scientists are trying to find ways to produce huge batches of stem cells that can generate nearly any other type of cell and potentially be used to make treatments for many diseases.

Rob Burrow has been a leading campaigner on raising awareness of motor neurone disease after being diagnosed with the terminal illness in December 2019

Since the pandemic began, we’ve learned a great deal about the disease behind it. We now regard COVID-19 as not just a respiratory disease, but a multi-system condition.

Infected patients are more likely to be diagnosed with the potentially deadly illnesses, researchers say

Exactly 80 years ago, a group of starving Jewish scientists and doctors in the Warsaw Ghetto were collecting data on their starving patients. They hoped their research would benefit future generations through better ways to treat malnutrition, and they wanted the world to know of Nazi atrocities to prevent something…

Scientists discover protein released in early stages of disease - when tumours are most curable

Other lives: Campaigner for people with Addison’s disease, a rare condition with which she was diagnosed in 1998

Scientists discovered a protein that is released in the early stages of the disease and it is made by a gene named KRAS - they hope the blood test they develop will help detect cancer early, giving people the highest chances of survival

As cases are reported in Ghana, here’s a look at the disease, its symptoms and ways of preventing the illness.