WHO says vaccinations saving millions in Africa, but aid cuts threaten progress
The World Health Organization says vaccination programs across Africa have saved more than 50 million lives over the past five decades, but progress is slowing
Category: Health
Dr Chris asks: ‘Why do so many of us have problems with our feet?’
Drs Chris and Xand explore common foot problems, from bunions to verrucas, and why diseases affecting our blood vessels or nerves seem to often show
A cold could kill my daughter – hospital visits feel like a death sentence
Rebecca Quayle, who has terminal cancer, has had to wait in A&E with people coughing and taking Covid tests.
New Study on AI Clinical Decision-Making
Large language model artificial intelligence applications (LLM AIs) seem poised to have a significant effect on the practice of medicine, both good and bad, which
ORGAPRED selects CYTOQUBE® from Hamamatsu Photonics for personalized oncology research and therapeutic discovery
ORGAPRED, a France-based core facility specializing in Patient-Derived Tumor Organoid (PDTO) research, has selected the CYTOQUBE high-throughput 3D imaging system from Hamamatsu Photonics France to
ELRIG announces inaugural US drug discovery conference
ELRIG, a not-for-profit, volunteer-led organization dedicated to the global drug discovery community, today announced the launch of Drug Discovery USA 2026.
Study reveals interhemispheric brain circuit crucial for spatial memory
A team led by the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche
Study finds long COVID leaves a distinct immune signature in the blood
Researchers identified a small panel of inflammatory and neurology-related blood proteins that may help distinguish long COVID from recovery or no prior infection, while also
SARS-CoV-2 rarely reaches first-trimester placentas but still disrupts early pregnancy immunity
Researchers analyzing 761 first-trimester pregnancies found that SARS-CoV-2 was rarely detected in placental tissues, suggesting in utero transmission early in pregnancy is uncommon. However, maternal
Don’t feel like exercising? Maybe it’s the wrong time of day for you
Time your workout to your body clock, health researchers advise based on latest evidence.
‘I’m not being listened to’ – new health plan launched as women say they are still ignored
New plans to improve healthcare for women and girls have been set out, but will they change anything?
Using alternative medicine to treat cancer, even alongside conventional therapies, is still a bad idea
With the MAHA movement poised to introduce a lot more “integrative” or “complementary and alternative” treatments into oncology (and medicine in general), a new study
Trump announces lower drug prices in deals with nine companies
President Tweety McTreason announced nine of the largest drugmakers in the U.S. and Europe agreed to voluntarily sell their medications at lower prices in a