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A shocking rise in blood cancer cases has prompted calls for more prevention and early detection research, with the disease killing 16 Australians every day.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stresses addressing chronic diseases to reduce health care costs and improve public health in the US.

A Ugandan health official says a nurse in the capital, Kampala, has died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak ended in 2023

The U.S. government gives other nations US$68 billion of foreign assistance annually – more than any other country. Over half of this sum is managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development, including funds for programs aimed at fighting hunger and disease outbreaks, providing humanitarian relief in war zones, and…

The surveillance programme is run by the UK Health Security Agency

Farming minister Daniel Zeichner told the Commons it was rare for the disease to infect humans.

Alkaptonuria is an unusual disorder caused by a defect in protein metabolism.

Confirmation hearing was a spectacle as Democrats tried to hold a mirror to the nominee, only for him to step through

Experts hope to create a blood test to see which patients with inflammatory bowel disease are most at risk of bowel cancer.

Trump’s nominee for health secretary faced a group of bipartisan senators during the first day of his confirmation hearing

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