The Latest Breaking News from Disease

From acute viral infection to ‘zombie’ vessels

Millions of people who recover from infections like COVID-19, influenza and glandular fever are affected by long-lasting symptoms. These include chronic fatigue, brain fog, exercise intolerance, dizziness, muscle or joint pain and gut problems. And many of these symptoms worsen after exercise, a phenomenon known as post-exertional malaise.

UK-first scheme also aims to improve access to wider range of food for people with coeliac disease and gluten intolerance

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) issued a positive opinion on Friday recommending Eli Lilly and Co.’s (NYSE:LLY) donanemab for early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease in adults with confirmed amyloid pathology who are apolipoprotein E ε4 (ApoE4) heterozygotes or non-carriers.

An expert committee recommended that the drug be offered to a narrow group of patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.

The 19th stage of the Tour de France has been shortened after cows infected by a contagious disease were culled in an area along the mountainous route

Thymen Arensman clinched his second stage win while Tadej Pogacar comfortably defended his GC lead

It is estimated that 404,000 people in the UK have chronic fatigue syndrome or ME, according to Action for ME

An outbreak of a contagious disease in a herd in the Col des Saisies means the race will now bypass two scheduled climbs.