Warning over cough syrups after 66 children die in the Gambia
WHO says the contaminated medications may have been distributed outside of the West African country, with global exposure ‘possible’
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Air pollution cancer breakthrough will rewrite the rules
Researchers say they have cracked how air pollution leads to cancer, in a discovery that completely transforms our understanding of how tumours arise.
Read articleOhio man who suffered 20,000 bee-stings expected to recover, family says
Austin Bellamy has awoken from a medically induced coma after mistakenly cutting into a bees’ nest while trimming a tree.
Read articleTogo achieves ‘major feat’ of eliminating four neglected tropical diseases
WHO hails west African country as first in world to stamp out Guinea worm, lymphatic filariasis, sleeping sickness and trachoma
Read articleTasmanian tiger: Scientists hope to revive marsupial from extinction
Researchers in Australia and the US are embarking on a multi-million dollar project to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction.
Read articleWHO stresses monkeypox surge not linked to monkeys amid attack reports
World Health Organization issues statement after reports of animals being poisoned in Brazil
Read articleGenetic heart conditions could be cured for first time in defining moment
Team of experts from UK, US and Singapore to design jab to save thousands of lives by rewriting DNA
Read articleTexas Medical Association says hospitals are refusing to treat women with pregnancy complications
The non-profit organization wrote that it has received complaints alleging hospital administrators have sided against providing care to women with ectopic pregnancies for fear of running afoul of state laws.
Read articleSupermodel Bella Hadid regrets having cosmetic surgery
Gracing the cover of American Vogue's April issue, the supermodel said she wishes she had not gone under the knife at 14.
Read articleFDA Approves First Condom Designed for Anal Sex
“ONE will become the first condom brand ever to be labeled for safe and effective use for anal sex.â€
Read articleFirst Women in the World to be Cured of HIV After Stem Cell Transplant
A middle-aged woman of mixed race who is currently a US resident has become the first woman and the third person in the world to be cured of HIV to date!
Read articleTwitter CEO’s weeks-long paternity leave hailed by fellow dads
Twitter’s new CEO, Parag Agrawal, is reportedly taking a “few weeks†off for paternity leave after the birth of his second child, a move that drew cheers from other fathers as a positive step towards normalizing men taking time off for childcare.
Read articleFailure to prevent pandemics at source is ‘greatest folly’, say scientists
Protecting wildlife to stop viruses jumping to humans would save far more than it costs, analysis shows
Read articleGerman researchers to breed pigs for human heart transplants this year
German scientists plan to clone and then breed this year genetically modified pigs to serve as heart donors for humans, based on a simpler version of a U.S.-engineered animal used last month in the world's first pig-to-human transplant.
Read articleDrug used to treat cancer may also help fight HIV, Australian research finds
Pembrolizumab has revolutionised treatments of cancers, including melanoma, and makes HIV vulnerable to attack
Read articleNew Zealand man has cockroach extracted from ear three days after feeling wriggling
Zane Wedding said he initially thought the problem was just water in his ear and later gave the insect to the ear specialist as a memento
Read articleAustria: Doctor fined for amputating wrong leg of patient
A surgeon in Austria has been fined after amputating the wrong leg of a patient earlier this year.
Read articleHospital staff must swear off Tylenol - Tums to get religious vaccine exemption
Hospital CEO aims to educate staff on the full scope of what they're claiming.
Read articleBudapest mural pays tribute to Katalin Kariko: Hungarian-born pioneer behind COVID-19 vaccine
Katalin Kariko, the Hungarian-born scientist who laid the groundwork for the mRNA vaccines fighting COVID-19, has been recognised in her homeland in the form of a huge mural in central Budapest.
Read articleAspirin trialled as potential treatment for aggressive breast cancer
Hopes raised that drug could work well with immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer patients
Read articleSerbian cave hermit gets Covid-19 vaccine urges others to follow 1 of 2
Almost 20 years ago, Mr Panta Petrovic made social distancing a lifestyle choice when he moved into a tiny Serbian mountain cave to avoid society.
Read articleMiraculous mosquito hack cuts dengue by 77 percent
Dengue fever cases have been cut by 77% in a "groundbreaking" trial that manipulates the mosquitoes that spread it, say scientists.
Read articleStonefish venom research may hold key to treating stings described as worse than childbirth
New research into the venom in stonefish – the world’s most venomous fish – may lead to better treatments for beachgoers who are stung when they unwittingly step on them.
Read articleAre antiviral drugs as effective as antibiotics
Viruses are much more varied, rapidly evolving and hard to access than bacteria – so scientists searching for drug-based treatments have their work cut out.
Read articleInternational aid arrives in India to combat deadly Covid crisis
Ventilators arrived from the UK early on Tuesday morning and will be followed by oxygen containers from Dubai
Read articlePfizer is now testing a COVID 19 pill
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has kicked off early stage clinical trials of an experimental oral antiviral drug to treat COVID-19.
Read articleAfter an outbreak at San Diego zoo covid vaccines given to Great apes
Move follows eight gorillas testing positive for coronavirus at the zoo at the start of 2021
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