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The role of carbon dioxide in airborne disease transmission: a hidden key to safer indoor spaces

We’ve long known that environmental factors – from humidity and temperature to trace chemical vapours – can influence how pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and fungi, behave once released into the air. These tiny droplets of respiratory fluid, or aerosols, carry viruses and bacteria and can float for minutes or…

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The area of the UK that’s a global hotspot for Huntington’s disease

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My sister died 10 years ago. Here’s what I wish I had known about dementia when she was alive

I think back to my 20-year-old self and my sister, lost in her imagined worlds, and I feel compassion for us both

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Health officials hit out at RFK Jr after deadly measles outbreak

A second young child in Texas died from a measles infection

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What to know about Hollywood icon Gene Hackman's and his wife's deaths

Authorities in northern New Mexico have released body camera footage and other public records in the investigation into the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy

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Areas of Scotland have the highest rates of Huntington’s disease in the world

The neurodegenerative disease slowly damages the brain, taking away the ability to walk, talk, eat, drink, make decisions and live independently

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‘Active’ mum has leg amputated after discovering tumour on run

Forced to choose between amputation and the potential spread of the disease to her organs, the 45-year-old underwent the major operation in March 2020

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One of the highest rates of Huntington’s disease found in north Scotland – study

The rate in the area is 14.5 per 100,000 people, more than five times the estimated worldwide rate of 2.71 per 100,000 people.

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Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa searched online for flu symptoms in days before she died

Officials also provided an update on the couple’s property after a health inspection was conducted

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Weedkiller maker moves to settle suit over Parkinson’s disease claims

Syngenta has been besieged by lawsuits from people claiming its product caused the neurological condition

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Omega-3 can help prevent diabetes and cardiovascular disease

In 2021, roughly six per cent of the world’s population, or 529 million people, were living with diabetes, mostly Type 2 diabetes (T2D). In the same year, 1.6 million deaths were attributed to this disease.

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How bird flu differs from seasonal flu − an infectious disease researcher explains

The flu sickens millions of people in the U.S. every year, and the past year has been particularly tough. Although infections are trending downward, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called the winter of 2024-2025 a “high severity” season with the highest hospitalization rate in 15 years.

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Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s property deemed possible ‘breeding ground’ for hantavirus

Couple’s bodies were discovered by a maintenance worker

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Alan Rickman’s wife says she ‘couldn’t bear’ thought of others dying in way he did

Around 10,500 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the UK each year

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The latest scientific breakthrough in how probiotics impact mental health

The gut-brain connection deepens with new research.

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Dangerous 'crises' in sickle cell disease may be amplified by menstrual cycle

In a new study, researchers found that the inflammation behind painful episodes in sickle cell disease are correlated with the menstrual cycle.

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Two dead, another infected, as rare brain disease reported in one Oregon county

Three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, which causes sponge-like holes to develop in the brain, have been found in Hood River County

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What is foot-and-mouth disease? The most feared livestock disease in the world

Foot and mouth disease – usually referred to by its acronym FMD – is caused by a viral infection

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Africa’s healthcare funding crisis: 3 strategies to manage deadly diseases

The increasing trend of reducing foreign aid to Africa is forcing the continent to reassess its approach to healthcare delivery.

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How the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service protects public health at home and abroad

When the Trump administration announced in February 2025 that it was cutting 10% of staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it seemed that a small but storied program within it called the Epidemic Intelligence Service – also known as the CDC’s disease detectives – would also be…

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'Reduce the misery' and get a flu jab, experts urge

People are being urged to take influenza and other respiratory diseases seriously and get vaccinated before cold weather arrives.

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Sir Jackie Stewart drives F1 car one last time in support of dementia charity

The unique helmet will be used to raise money for the charity set up by Stewart, 85, in 2016, after his wife Helen began suffering from the disease.

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Jeremy Vine ‘sad’ about Newsnight co-star Jeremy Paxman’s health: ‘I see how he’s suffering’

Paxman was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2021 and stepped down as ‘University Challenge’ host

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What I’ve learned after 40 years as the Observer’s science editor

Almost as amazing as the knowledge we have gained in the past four decades is the fact that some people continue to deny the damage we are doing to our world

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Blood test could detect Parkinson’s disease before symptoms emerge

Researchers behind test using biomarkers say it could ‘revolutionise’ early diagnosis of disease

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