A new flu variant called Subclade K is spreading in Japan and poses a significant risk to the United States as the cold and flu season arrives., Read MoreContinue Reading
The ranks of female high school athletes who tore their anterior cruciate ligament are growing fast and researchers are pressing the sports world to take the devastating injury more seriously and trying to bolster prevention efforts, Read MoreContinue Reading
European drug regulators are endorsing a new and simpler treatment for sleeping sickness, in what could be a giant boost to efforts to eliminate the disease, Read MoreContinue Reading
Joanne Writtle West Midlands health correspondent Family Tilly’s parents want a few hours respite care at home The parents of a two-year-old girl with a life-limiting illness have told of their “exhaustion” after being refused a request for respite help. Tilly has Dravet Syndrome, a rare genetic epilepsy which causesContinue Reading
Iranian doctors say that during last month’s deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, security agents swarmed hospitals in multiple cities, hunting for wounded protesters, Read MoreContinue Reading
Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical advancem…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Louisiana is one of the worst-performing states when it comes to health outcomes of mothers and infants. New Orleans is trying to catch health issues early and get families off to an easier start by adding health visits during the crucial first months of life…Read MoreContinue Reading
These are the moves that will build the upper body strength and size you want…Read MoreContinue Reading
The United States signs a $1.2 billion health partnership with Congo that ties new funding to Congo spending more at home, Read MoreContinue Reading
A new study finds preteens who own smartphones and use them regularly, are at greater risk of depression, obesity and insufficient sleep., Read MoreContinue Reading
Former Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Martin Kulldorff, has been appointed to a senior role at the Department of Health and Human Services., Read MoreContinue Reading
The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead, Read MoreContinue Reading
Ammar Ebrahim, Jersey political reporter, Fergus Walsh, Medical editor and Jake Wallace, Channel Islands BBC Assisted dying campaigners celebrated the decision outside the States Chamber in Jersey on Thursday A law to allow terminally ill adults the right to choose to end their own lives has been approved in Jersey.Continue Reading