Finland, Europe's leading producer of fox fur, has begun slaughtering 120,000 foxes and mink to stem an outbreak of avian flu that has hit fur farms ~enviro Article 290 words 8 votes
Maryland reports first locally acquired malaria case in forty years ~health Article 300 words 16 votes
The psychological weight loss strategy | Laurie Coots ~health Video 6:24, published Dec 14 2016 13 votes
White-nose syndrome in bats was detected in Texas in February 2020. Scientists are only now understanding the population loss. ~science biology Article 1863 words 9 votes
The association between daily step count and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: a meta-analysis ~health fitness Article 4032 words 11 votes
World's largest study shows more you walk, lower your risk of death ~health medicine.preventative Article 840 words 73 votes
Fatigue can shatter a person: Everyday tiredness is nothing like the depleting symptom that people with long COVID and ME/CFS experience ~health Article 3479 words 65 votes
Man bitten by stray cat contracts infection unknown to science ~science medicine Article 487 words 63 votes
ProMED, a valued reputable listserv, which broke news of COVID, SARS, and MERS, is short on cash and in turmoil ~health Article 849 words 17 votes
Illegal medical lab containing bioengineered mice and infectious agents including HIV and herpes discovered in Fresno, California ~health medicine Article 407 words 32 votes
Eating foods consumed at higher temperatures may increase cancer risk due to heat-damaged DNA ~health diet Article 1144 words 22 votes
Iowa joins dozens of other US states in legalizing sales of raw milk ~food drinks Article 1774 words 57 votes
Injection of kidney protein improves working memory in monkeys ~science biology Article 814 words 9 votes
Five locally transmitted cases of Malaria in USA, first since early 2000s ~health Article 921 words 20 votes
Graeme Souness, 70, of Liverpool and Scotland fame swims English Channel for charity ~sports.football Article 52 words 6 votes
Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA panel’s backing, setting the stage for broader US use ~science medicine Article 826 words 13 votes
Sweden is on course to become one of the world's first smoke-free countries, defined as less than 5% of the adult population smoking ~health Link 15 votes
Scientists at the University of Helsinki say they have demonstrated that certain strains of Desulfovibrio bacteria are probable causes of Parkinson's disease in most cases ~health medicine Article 225 words 15 votes
Study finds trash, household crowding increase risk for three dangerous, mosquito-borne illnesses in Kenya ~health Article 1013 words 3 votes
Study of male footballers in Sweden, over many years, found they were one and a half times more likely to develop dementia than the general population ~sports.football Article 607 words 7 votes
Forget designer babies. Here’s how CRISPR is really changing lives. ~health medicine Article 1264 words 6 votes
Covid backlash hobbles US public health and future pandemic response ~health Article 2189 words 8 votes
Are cures for some of the world’s deadliest diseases hiding in our sewers? ~health medicine Article 2304 words, published Dec 16 2022 7 votes
'Plasticosis': A new disease caused by plastic that is affecting seabirds ~enviro plastics pollution Article 376 words 3 votes
Long COVID now looks like a neurological disease, helping doctors to focus treatments ~health medicine.interdisciplinary Article 4228 words 4 votes
European Commission contacted Swedish authorities after it emerged they were planning to deport a 74-year-old British woman with severe Alzheimers ~health Article 709 words 4 votes
UK girl with deadly inherited condition is cured with gene therapy on NHS ~health medicine Article 773 words 9 votes
When Leo Babler was born with a deadly genetic disorder his parents built an adventure van, and made sure their son experienced the most beautiful wild places in the country during the time they had ~life parenting family Article 545 words, published Jan 31 2023 4 votes
How do pandemics begin? There's a new theory — and a new strategy to thwart them ~health Article 3841 words 4 votes
Scientists use CRISPR to insert an alligator gene into a catfish. Disease kills off 40% of farmed catfish. This gene protects them. ~science biology Article 557 words, published Jan 21 2023 8 votes
Nobody has my condition but me - Medical researchers find my genetic mutation endlessly fascinating. But being unique isn’t a plus when you’re a patient. ~health medicine healthcare Article 5280 words, published Jan 23 2023 6 votes
Infectious disease applicants plummet, and US hospitals are scrambling ~health healthcare Article 1223 words 2 votes
Millions of Alzheimer’s patients have been given hope after a new drug has been shown to slow memory decline by 27% over eighteen months. It's the biggest breakthrough in a generation. ~health medicine Article 1219 words, published Nov 30 2022 8 votes
Denmark's long Covid patients feel abandoned by pandemic response ~health healthcare Article 1025 words 5 votes
US bat species devastated by fungus now listed as endangered ~science biology Article 615 words 2 votes
New evidence indicates that an effort to stamp out disease-carrying insects is working. The key? Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind. ~science biology Article 689 words 5 votes
In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth ~health medicine Article 939 words 5 votes
Constant cravings - My feeding tube means I can no longer enjoy the feeling of being sated after a meal. But there are other ways to nourish myself beyond my body. ~food Article 1565 words, published Oct 13 2022 5 votes
Denmark is using Patient Reported Outcome questionnaires to improve medical care – can the patient's perception of the disease become part of the treatment? ~health healthcare Article 540 words 4 votes
New malaria vaccine is world-changing, say scientists ~health medicine Article 717 words, published Sep 8 2022 13 votes
Lars von Trier, the acclaimed and controversial Danish director, has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease ~movies Article 349 words 5 votes