Sierra Leone accounted for half of Africa's confirmed mpox cases this week, the continent's main health body said on Thursday, adding that the West African country was fuelling the outbreak.

2025 Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) Children & Youth with Special Health Care Needs Webinar Learning Series – Women, Infant & Children (WIC) 101 Behavioral Health (BH) ...

For the past 20 years, Janet Edmunson has run support groups for patients with rare neurological diseases that have no known treatment or cure. What they want to know, Edmunson said, is “‘When ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made some claims about Americans with chronic diseases that should be challenged with critical thinking. (Alex Wong/Getty Images ...

Heart disease often manifests through warning signs that may be easy to dismiss or overlook. However, recognising these signs early and taking proactive steps can significantly reduce the risk of ...

Two people in Oregon have died from a rare, progressive brain disorder similar to "mad cow disease" that leads to dementia and is %100 fatal. The Hood River County Health Department confirmed the ...

Some of these disease-causing bugs may be so old, human immune systems are totally naïve to them, which means unleashing them could infect millions, maybe even trigger another pandemic.

Global health agencies have warned that rising outbreaks of measles, meningitis, and other vaccine-preventable diseases are threatening decades of immunisation progress. This warning comes from ...

Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), also known as gastro oesophageal reflux disease, is more than just the occasional heartburn—it’s a chronic condition where stomach acid keeps flowing ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. It starts with the ticks. These bugs infect people with the bacteria that cause ...

In the realm of Lyme disease research, one antibiotic emerged as being highly effective for treatment of acute infection, and early-stage data lent credence to one theory for the pathobiology of ...

But the longer a tick stays attached to you, the more likely it is to transmit Borrelia burgdorferi (the bacteria that causes Lyme disease), if the tick is a carrier. If not found and treated ...