Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Disease

UK vets' urgent warning after first dog-to-human case of serious disease

A woman was hospitalised after a case of Brucella canis

Wales Online

Alzheimer's disease has no cure — but unproven treatments claim otherwise

Frustrated by a lack of mainstream medical treatments, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia patients look to unproven alternatives that promise to end and reverse these incurable diseases.

Inverse

This high-tech contact lens could diagnose cancer — and maybe treat it, too

Scientists have found a possible way to equip a contact lens to diagnose cancer. The technology could even be used to identify other diseases and dispense drugs throughout the body.

Inverse

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

WHO: Monkeypox cases drop 21%, reversing month-long increase

The number of monkeypox cases reported globally dropped by 21% in the last week, reversing a month-long trend of rising infections in a possible sign the outbreak may be starting to decline in Europe, according to an report issued by the World Health Organization on Thursday

The Independent UK

What is tomato flu? Transmission, treatment, symptoms as cases on the rise in India

Children under five have been diagnosed with tomato flu, which causes red blisters all over the body.

Evening Standard

Highly contagious white spot disease detected at prawn farm in NSW for first time

The highly contagious disease has been found on a prawn farm near Yamba and tracing is underway to determine the source of the white spot.

ABC News

Landmark brain study stalls due to AFL's lack of support, researcher says

A million-dollar study hopes to lead to a diagnostic for brain diseases including Alzheimer's and CTE, but researchers say it's now at an impasse due to a lack of support from the AFL.

ABC News

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

New Covid warning over symptom that affects sleep

‘Isn’t that strange?’ scientist says as he shares different disease caused by BA.5

The Independent UK

Commentary: Polio is back — aided by global health failures that spread COVID and monkeypox

A case of polio in an unvaccinated man was recently announced in New York state, followed by the discovery of polio in wastewater in New York City. That means a vaccine-preventable disease has re-emerged in the United States, one of the world’s most resource-rich countries, more than 40 years after…

Los Angeles Times

Aussie vaccine delivery lands in Indonesia

A gift of a million doses of foot and mouth disease vaccine have arrived in Indonesia, as Australia works to remain free of the devastating disease.

AAP

Lanarkshire dad, 55, dies just four months after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease

Murdo Stewart's family believe that the 55-year-old suffered one of the most rapid deteriorations an MND sufferer has endured after his body shut down within weeks.

Glasgow Live

Glaucoma: The silent thief of sight

People are always confused about what glaucoma truly is since the treatment focuses on eye pressure management and what effect it could eventually have on our quality of life.

Bangkok Post

Togo achieves ‘major feat’ of eliminating four neglected tropical diseases

WHO hails west African country as first in world to stamp out Guinea worm, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness and trachoma

The Guardian - UK

Stopping statin treatment early ‘could reduce protection against heart disease’

The study suggests that those who started taking statins in their 50s but stopped at 80 saw a reduction in benefit

Wales Online

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Record

Scots dad dies just four months after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease

Murdo Stewart, 55, turned from a picture of health to needing full-time care in a matter of weeks after symptoms merged of the life-debilitating condition.

Daily Record

Parents of Scots boy who suffers from rare lung condition admit they 'live in fear' of day they can't resuscitate him

Theodore Wingate Dicks suffers from chronic lung disease, tracheomalacia, brain damage and an open duct in his heart, and medics have been unable to find a specific cause for the two-year-old's health issues.

Benzinga

Recap Of Wednesday's Biotech Catalysts - End Of the Day Summary

The European Commission (EC) has granted conditional marketing authorization (CMA) to BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s (NASDAQ:BMRN) lead asset ROCTAVIAN (valoctocogene roxaparvovec) gene therapy for the treatment of severe hemophilia A (congenital Factor VIII deficiency) in adult patients. BioMarin shares traded as high as 2.28 percent, in a range of $91.39 to $93.68…

ABC News

Shane Tuck's sister says brain disease, not mental ill-health, was the cause of her brother's death

Several past AFL players have been diagnosed with the deadly brain injury CTE, including Richmond footballer Shane Tuck. His family is now committed to raising awareness and helping other families affected by the disease.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

Cattle vaccination taken up on a big scale in Rajasthan

The State government sanctioned ₹30 crore for purchase of vaccines and medicines

The Hindu

Nigeria deploys Bharat Biotech’s Rotavac to protect children

Rotavirus oral vaccine used to immunise against life-threatening diarrhoeal disease

The Hindu

Explained | What is ‘tomato flu’ and why has the Centre issued an advisory for it?

The Centre has issued an advisory to States after a paper in the Lancet’s correspondence section warned of a ‘tomato flu’ outbreak among children in India.

Belfast Live

Co Tyrone mum on mission to raise awareness for debilitating condition she never knew she had

"This is a disease and it can leave you in a wheelchair. I wasn’t as bad as some, but I’m 37, if I had let this go on I dread to think what I could have ended up like."

The Conversation

Got allergies? You could be at lower risk of catching COVID

To respond effectively to COVID, it’s been important to understand who may be at higher risk of contracting the virus and developing more severe disease.

WEKU

New York counties gear up to fight a polio outbreak among the unvaccinated

Polio is spreading in a few New York counties with low vaccination rates. Experts warn that other places in the U.S. could face the same challenge.

Irish Mirror

Irishman diagnosed with fatal disease after work colleague asks if he's OK appeals for help so family have 'roof over heads when I'm gone'

Johnny McCowen, who now lives in Australia, said his family's "world has crumbled" after doctors told him he had an aggressive form of Motor Neurone Disease, ALS

1 … 563 564 565 566

People

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

Organisations

World Health Organization

US Food and Drug Administration

63 stories

Bharat Biotech

54 stories

Alzheimer Association

21 stories

BVA

18 stories

Apellis Pharmaceuticals

17 stories

British Veterinary Association

17 stories

BioMarin

14 stories

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.