Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Disease

The most famous Australian you've never heard of

John Gorman is probably the most famous Australian you've never heard of. His groundbreaking medical research to treat a blood disease has saved millions of babies' lives around the world and it wouldn't have happened if not for an ice box, an illegal flight and his sister-in-law.

ABC News

Scotland must follow England and impose stricter avian flu measures, say farmers

A FARMERS union is calling on the Scottish Government to follow England in imposing strict biosecurity measures across all poultry farms to protect…

The National (Scotland)

UK scientists ‘uninvited’ to key European meetings due to Brexit

UK SCIENTISTS have been told they can no longer take part in meetings organised by a key European infectious diseases agency due to Brexit tensions,…

The National (Scotland)

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Farmers want tougher biosecurity penalties

Farmers say an Indonesian caught trying to bring in six kilograms of meat from a country with foot and mouth disease should have faced a tougher penalty.

AAP

West Lothian major road closures warning as council tackles tree disease

Drivers face diversions around Linlithgow in coming weeks as the council begins felling trees as it tackles Ash Dieback disease

Edinburgh Live

Alzheimer's disease risk increased by picking your nose and plucking hair, warns study

Some habits are seemingly innocent, but some are not only disgusting but could also cause you to unwittingly raise your risk of certain diseases. Case in point: picking your nose

Daily Mirror

Germ cell cancer symptoms in testicles and stomach as Tim Roth's son Cormac dies at 25

Cancer is a disease that occurs when cells divide and spread. This can happen at any age, including during pregnancy, and was the disease that took the life of Tim Roth’s son

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Pancreatic cancer could be diagnosed up to three years earlier – new study

Every year, more than 10,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Unfortunately, for most of those people, the disease is diagnosed too late to be cured. Less than 10% of people live five years following a diagnosis.

The Conversation

Irish doctor's aid effort in Tanzania sees her rack up huge debts to give kids free chemo

Dr Trish Scanlan, who has lived in the East African country for more than 15 years, has significantly improved survival rates for kids with cancer while also battling the disease herself but declared “more work needs to be done”.

Irish Mirror

5 reasons for bad breath in dogs (and how to treat it)

Bad breath in dogs can be a sign of an underlying health issue. Here's everything you need to know about the most common causes and how to treat it...

PetsRadar

‘Alarming’ rise in type 2 diabetes among under-40s

Rate of diagnoses is rising faster in younger age group than in over-40s, charity warns

Evening Standard

Battling Cholera, Lebanon Gets First Vaccines, and Sharp Words, from France

Lebanon took delivery on Monday of its first vaccines to combat a worsening cholera outbreak - together with sharply worded criticism of the crisis-hit country's crumbling public health infrastructure from donor nation France. By Sunday, cases of cholera - a disease typically spread through contaminated water, food or sewage -…

Asharq Al-Awsat

States opting out of a federal program that tracks teen behavior as youth mental health worsens

Colorado, Florida, and Idaho will not participate in a key part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior surveys that reaches more than 80,000 students. Over the past 30 years, the state-level surveys, conducted anonymously during each odd-numbered year, have helped elucidate the mental health stressors…

Tribune News Service

COVID-19 activates similar response to Parkinson's disease, study suggests

A University of Queensland-led study finds COVID-19 activates a similar inflammatory response to Parkinson's disease, but scientists warn it's too early to cause alarm with more work needed into how the virus affects the brain.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

'Gutted' comedian Jarred Christmas confesses secret health battle with 'no cure'

Comedian Jarred Christmas tells Adrian Monti how he’s learned to live with the disease that causes dizziness, hearing loss and nausea

Liverpool Echo

DWP shares most common health conditions that qualify for PIP

The benefit is designed to help people forced to pay extra due to a health condition or illness

The Independent UK

CDC director tests positive for COVID again

The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tested positive again for COVID-19

Wales Online

All poultry and captive birds in England must be kept inside as bird flu rules tightened

The UK has been battling the largest ever outbreak of avian influenza, with more than 200 cases confirmed since late October 2021

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Workers walk out of iPhone factory, highlighting virus woes

Workers who assemble Apple Inc.’s newest iPhone walked away from a factory in central China following virus outbreaks and complaints of unsafe working conditions, highlighting the clash between the disease’s enduring risks and efforts to restore the global flow of goods

Daily Mirror

'I feel cursed by sickle cell disease - my life depends on others coming forward'

Siliana Coelho, who says the pain she can experience is like being repeatedly hit by a hammer, calls for black blood donors to help save her life as NHS Blood and Transplant estimate that 40,000 new black-heritage donors are needed

The Guardian - UK

Should we give people diseases in order to learn how to cure them?

With the right ethical safeguards, could ‘challenge trials’ defend against future pandemics?

Wales Online

Marital stress slows recovery from heart attack, new study shows

Heart and circulatory diseases cause a quarter of all deaths in the UK

The New Daily

Wet conditions put dogs at risk of deadly bacterial disease

The rain has increased the chance of dogs coming into contact with a deadly disease, while vets struggle to keep up with vaccine demand.

Daily Mirror

Little girl's rare condition sees her eat walls and TV remote as mum begs for help

Jordanna Tait, 25, says her daughter, Dolly, has been on an NHS wait list for nearly a year to see a child psychologist after suffering from a rare disease which sees the family "struggle every single day"

Tribune News Service

For tribes, reforesting means reconnecting to history and culture

FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION, Mont. ⁠— In western Montana’s Mission Mountains, whitebark pine trees have been hit hard by blister rust, an invasive disease.

1 … 519 520 521 522

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

University of Queensland

115 stories

American Heart Association

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.