The Latest Breaking News from Disease

Roughly 173 million Americans are expected to take to the skies in March and April this year

With one of the largest tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks in US history, Kansas has more to worry about than its recent Super Bowl defeat. During the past year, 67 people with TB have been detected. This comes on the back of increasing rates of TB in the US year on year…

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common forms of dementia and can lead to decline in memory loss and thinking skills, eventually resulting in loss of independence. However, in a rare case, a US woman with Down syndrome remained mentally sharp and fully independent until her death, even though…

Nearly 100 people have died of cholera in two weeks since the waterborne disease outbreak began in Sudan’s White Nile State

“Transplant: A Memoir” author Bernardine Watson joins Equal Time to talk about kidney failure, racial disparities and her own journey.

Each cell in your body relies on precise communication with other cells to function properly. At the center of this process are the molecular switches that turn communication signals in the body on and off. These molecules are key players in health and disease. One such molecular switch is G…

Women’s health is misunderstood. Here’s the things experts wish everyone knew

Prioritizing healthy fats in your diet can have a dramatic effect on your overall health and mortality risk.

Africa’s top public health agency says that Uganda’s Ebola caseload increased to 14 in the last week with a new cluster emerging from a 4-year-old child who recently died of the infectious disease

Ovarian cancer is often called the 'silent killer' due to its subtle symptoms that are easy to dismiss and frequently mistaken for other health issues like bloating, indigestion, or general fatigue. Yet, this disease claims thousands of lives each year and is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths…

Visitors of Drusillas Park in Alfriston, East Sussex, slammed the move as a ‘huge loss’ and ‘shortsighted’