Lyme disease cases are exploding. And it’s only going to get worse. ~health Article 4210 words 8 votes
Pfizer had clues its blockbuster drug could prevent Alzheimer’s. Why didn’t it tell the world? ~science medicine Article 2071 words 8 votes
Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak cases have doubled in just two months crossing the 2,000-mark ~health Article 412 words 6 votes
In a Colombian family’s dementia, a journey through race and history ~health Article 4266 words 3 votes
Vietnam culled a further 500,000 pigs over the past two weeks to tackle an outbreak of African swine fever, taking the total killed so far to 1.7 million ~food Article 284 words 8 votes
Killer flu season sees record numbers of cases and deaths - and it's only just beginning ~health Article 363 words 7 votes
I told prison guards I have celiac disease. They fed me gluten anyway. ~health Article 1075 words 21 votes
249 babies born with syphilis in Thailand this year: Public Health Ministry ~health Article 208 words 4 votes
Viruses to stop cholera infections – the viral enemy of deadly bacteria could be humanity’s friend ~science medicine Article 1000 words 5 votes
The University of Maryland waited eighteen days to inform students of a virus on campus. That decision left vulnerable students like Olivia Paregol in the dark ~health Article 7024 words 14 votes
Amid measles outbreaks, states consider revoking religious vaccine exemptions ~health Article 904 words 14 votes
Ebola death toll in Congo to pass 1,000, World Health Organization warns ~health Article 756 words 8 votes
Malaria is among the world’s biggest killers of children. Now there’s a vaccine. ~health medicine Article 1053 words 5 votes
An ALS patient's dilemma: End his own life, or die slowly of the disease? ~health Article 995 words 9 votes
New York’s Orthodox Jewish community is battling measles outbreaks. Vaccine deniers are to blame. ~health Article 2105 words, published Nov 9 2018 8 votes
One of the best drug candidates for Alzheimer's, aducanumab, just failed to demonstrate efficacy ~health medicine Article 1287 words 5 votes
Why Doctors Without Borders is suspending work in the Ebola epicenter in Congo ~health Article 998 words 9 votes
Shock rise in global measles outbreaks 'disastrous' for children, UN warns ~health Article 531 words 8 votes
Dollars on the margins - $15/hr minimum wage as a US public health measure ~health Article 2248 words 17 votes
Raw milk drinkers in nineteen states at risk of rare, dangerous infectious disease ~food drinks Article 683 words 10 votes
Russian trolls promoted anti-vaccination propaganda that may have caused measles outbreak, researcher claims ~health Article 398 words 7 votes
Forgotten man, forgotten disease—Aniru Conteh and the battle against Lassa fever ~health Article 1372 words, published Jan 24 2019 3 votes
For US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shutdown is no joke ~health Article 731 words 10 votes
Measles cases at highest for twenty years in Europe, as anti-vaccine movement grows ~health Article 1184 words 13 votes
New research suggests optimism for HIV/AIDS ~health medicine Article 1815 words, published Nov 21 2018 6 votes
A man's love of squirrel meat might have given him a horrifying, fatal brain disease ~health Article 791 words 9 votes
Last year, the flu put him in a coma. This year he's getting the shot. ~health Article 824 words 14 votes
A newfound peace in Colombia has spurred the hunt for disease-resistant wild cacao within the nation’s borders. What scientists find could help the country expand its role in the global trade ~food Link 5 votes
Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in eighteen countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study ~health diet Link 4 votes
Italian upper house votes to overturn mandatory vaccinations despite surge in measles cases ~health medicine Article 284 words 9 votes
When you have a serious hereditary disease, who has a right to know? ~science medicine Article 4686 words, published Jul 10 2018 4 votes