Category: Health

Consider the brake. Not the engine, which gets all the attention, but the brake, the quiet thing that decides how fast a system is allowed

A team of researchers at the University of Warwick and Monash University has solved a puzzle that’s stumped drug developers for decades: how bacteria naturally

West Nile virus season is off to its earliest and worst start since 2004

A new report highlights growing demand and long waits in child mental health services.

The federal government has launched a new program to make GLP-1 weight loss drugs more affordable for older Americans

Dr Oscar is back with the latest health headlines.

Researchers at UNSW Sydney have developed a fully synthetic soft robotic heart that reproduces the complex movements and internal structures of the human heart, opening

Digestive system cancers, including hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal malignancies, remain a major global oncological burden. Although immune checkpoint inhibitors have changed the treatment landscape for some

A nationwide Chilean cohort study of more than 3.6 million adults found that severe COVID-19 requiring hospitalization was associated with more than an eightfold higher

A groundbreaking new HIV vaccine has shown unprecedented success in primates-and data published in Nature suggest the vaccine has the potential to protect humans from

Researchers tested plant-derived prebiotic candidates against selected skin-associated bacteria and found that garlic, flaxseed, and mango ginger extracts inhibited S. aureus or acne-associated C. acnes

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities

Despite affecting millions of women in the UK, PMOS is still under-diagnosed and inconsistently managed, say experts.

Dr Bill Kirkup says he resigned from a government-commissioned review into NHS maternity services over the omission.