Disease

Over the past decade, the number of children and teens in the U.S diagnosed with tuberculosis has decreased by nearly half, according to a new study. But that good news doesn’t apply to everyone. The incidence...

Researchers from The Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) have discovered how fatty liver disease develops in lean people, aiding the development of potential treatments for these patients. Fatty liver disease – a condition characterized by...

Childhood cancer survivors’ risks for heart problems may be broader than what was previously recognized, researchers say. It’s been known for years that some treatments for childhood cancer increase the risk of heart failure. But in...

Gender minority students in U.S. colleges and universities are four times as likely as other students to experience mental health problems, researchers say. Students who identify as transgender, gender non-conforming, genderqueer and nonbinary need gender-affirming services...

Scientists are a step closer to being able to cure the deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever after two experimental drugs showed survival rates of as much as 90% in a clinical trial in Congo. Two experimental drugs...

A novel water treatment device that delivers chlorine automatically via public taps without the need for electricity, reduced child diarrhoea by 23% compared with controls (156 cases out of 2,073 child measurements vs 216/2,145 )...

Bangladesh is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals packed with patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated country. At least 14 people have died and more than 17,000 have come...

Black and younger women face elevated risks of developing breast cancer that are not only aggressive but also less responsive to treatment, a new study confirms. Researchers found that non-Hispanic black women were more than twice...

A strain of the common cold virus can infect and kill bladder cancer cells, a small study suggests. All signs of the disease disappeared in one patient, and in 14 others there was evidence that cancer...

The United States recorded 18 new measles cases last week, taking the total for the year to 1,095 in the worst outbreak since 1992, federal health officials said on Monday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control...