Tag: Health & Medicine

An experimental pancreatic cancer drug has sparked hope in an area desperate for new treatments. Compared with traditional chemotherapy, a ...

Portable test could help millions with limited access to healthcare Diagnosing tuberculosis – the world's deadliest infectious disease – with ...

New World hantaviruses, such as Andes virus, cause respiratory illness, but they strike differently from common viruses that cause lung ...

Health teams are working to contain a fast-growing outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain with limited tools The Democratic Republic of ...

Limiting screenings to children at genetic risk misses many cases It's time to consider screening all children for early signs ...

Rain, runoff and other threats can carry pathogens into your local rivers and lakes. A sewer pipe collapse in Maryland ...

The fragments travel along wispy threads connecting cells Damaged DNA can escape from one human cell and enter another. Like ...

Restrictions on abortion affect the care people receive if they miscarry, a new study suggests. The same medications and procedures ...

As public health officials around the world monitor dozens of former MV passengers and crew Hondius To detect signs of ...

About one in 500 women do not have a functioning uterus, which is necessary to carry a pregnancy. This condition, ...