Category: 6. Health

A nanoparticle vaccine designed to fight cancers induced by human papillomavirus (HPV) eradicated tumors in an animal model of late-stage metastatic disease, UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists report in a new study published…

Scientists have long dreamed of quashing mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, which alone kills more than 608,000 people per year.

Their inventions – notably insecticide-treated bed nets – have slashed child mortality in parts of…

Canada has officially lost its “measles-free” status due to a rise in measles cases across the country over the past year.

According to a statement from the Canadian government, the increase in measles cases, which has…

Getting older might seem like a slow, gradual process – but research suggests that this is not always the case.

In fact, if you wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and wonder if your aging somehow accelerated, you might not be imagining…

Residents living in Worcestershire have been told the risk of infection is “very low” after bird flu was confirmed in the county.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the H5N1 virus had been identified in commercial…

Brno City Transport Company (DPMB) has expanded its regular daily cleaning of vehicles to include disinfection of vehicle interiors, in an effort to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, especially hepatitis…

Collective laboratory

The new extended programme has been met with excitement across the community of live immersive and interactive creators. However, not all changes to the event have gone to plan, and the event team was forced to change the…

A berry used in traditional folk medicine holds a remarkable power to restore healthy fat metabolism as well as insulin sensitivity in a diabetes model in mice.

These tiny red fruit come from a little-known shrub called Nitraria roborowskii…