The researchers found that increases in unemployment were associated with increased mortality from all the cancer types included in the study. The association was strongest for treatable cancers, suggesting that lack of access to care may have been a...
The number of people in the UK who have tried e-cigarettes has almost doubled in just two years, according to a new study.
The research, from scientists at Imperial College London, examined e-cigarette use -- and attitudes to the devices...
The crystal structure of Zika virus helicase: basis for antiviral drug design.Credit: Protein & Cell
A team led by researchers from Tianjin University (P.R. China) has solved the structure of the Zika virus helicase, which is a key target for...
New WHO recommendations aim to speed up detection and improve treatment outcomes for multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) through use of a novel rapid diagnostic test and a shorter, cheaper treatment regimen.
“This is a critical step forward in tackling the...
Two mouse models of Zika virus infection in pregnancy were developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The models provide a basis to develop vaccines and treatments, and to study the biology of Zika...
The Central American nation of Honduras "strongly suspects" it has detected its first case of an unborn child with microcephaly in a pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus, the country's deputy health minister Francis Contreras said on Monday.
The...
Evidence is mounting that the current outbreak of yellow fever is becoming the latest global health emergency, say two Georgetown University professors who call on the World Health Organization to convene an emergency committee under the International Health Regulations....
There have been four transplants made over the last five years – two kidneys and two livers from three deceased donors – but the news has only now been made public.
NHS Blood and Transplant have confirmed that organs from...
Hepatitis C now kills more people in the United States than every other infectious disease combined, according to new government data.
New data shows hepatitis C killed nearly 20,000 people in 2014. Even more worrying for doctors is that an...
Analyzing medical death rate data over an eight-year period, Johns Hopkins patient safety experts have calculated that more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical error in the U.S. Their figure, published May 3 in The BMJ,...
A detail of a painting entitled "Judith Beheading Holofernes" is pictured during its presentation in Paris, France, April 12, 2016, that might have been painted by Italian master Caravaggio (1571-1610) and was discovered in an attic in Toulouse and...
