Category: 6. Health

A third case of bird flu has been confirmed in a Norfolk town this month.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the H5N1 virus had now been confirmed at a large commercial poultry unit near Dereham in Norfolk.

“A 3km…

Flu is currently spreading throughout the United States, and is likely to accelerate as people begin to gather for the holidays and children are on school break.

Cancer immunotherapy has reshaped modern oncology, delivering long-lasting remissions in diseases such as melanoma, lung cancer, and certain blood cancers. Yet for many…

Millions of people in the U.S. and around the world are living with hepatitis C virus (HCV). But over the past decade, direct-acting antivirals (DAA) have proven effective against HCV, curing more than 95% of those who complete treatment….

The Panama Ministry of Health (Minsa) is maintaining serological surveillance of molecular biology, which includes real-time PCR tests and genomic surveillance, after the detection of confirmed cases of influenza A (H3N2), subtype K in Panama,…

While the mortality gap between COVID-19 and influenza has narrowed since the onset of the pandemic, COVID continues to carry a substantially higher short-term risk of death than seasonal flu despite the…