Prostate cancer is a ‘silent’ killer, often showing no early symptoms – a dangerous misconception that can delay diagnosis until…
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The quick thinking of a doctor on Ascension Island, supported by newly installed diagnostic equipment, averted what could have spiralled…
Maternal deaths are rising in the Democratic Republic of Congo as pregnant women increasingly avoid hospitals for fear of contracting…
A brain-eating amoeba known as Naegleria fowleri has turned up in roughly one-third of water samples taken from popular recreational…
A Wolverhampton nurse who mistook a dark bruise and crippling exhaustion for the after-effects of a football match is urging…
Moderna’s first mRNA-based flu vaccine, mFlusiva (mRNA-1010), is being debated by U.S. health advisers this week as the Food and…
Former Love Island star Olivia Attwood is urging women and girls to check themselves for breast cancer lumps, insisting: “You…
England has recorded zero cervical cancer deaths among women aged 20 to 24 between 2020 and 2024 — a historic…
Théodore Pellerin finds vulnerability a valuable asset in his burgeoning career. The 29-year-old Québécois actor, with his gangly frame and…
UK public health experts are now on the ground in central Africa, reinforcing multinational efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak…