It was the fourth meeting of the emergency committee since the latest Ebola outbreak was declared on 1 August past year. Even then, the expert committee advised against a declaration. Oly Ilunga res...

Another study also found that taking low-dose aspirin is associated with an increased risk for bleeding within the skull for people without heart disease. "Our findings show a tremendous need for h...

Malaria might be efficiently handled with medicines if it is caught early enough; however, resistance to anti-malarial drugs is rising in lots of parts of the world, particularly in Southeast Asi...

Motorists are being warned of hard driving conditions as a thunderstorm brews due to sweltering conditions. It has issued a warning which comes into force at 6pm tonight and lasts until 9am tomorrow...

President Felix Tshisekedi on Saturday appointed a team led by Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the head of Congo's biomedical research institute, to co-ordinate the government's response in Ilunga's place. The ...

It is a peculiar type of cancer which relapses even after hormonal therapy. Initially prostate cancers usually don't show any symptoms, but on advancing cancer stages are sometimes symptoms can ...

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Planned Parenthood is declining $3.5 million in Title X funding. "In the end, I was asked to leave for the same reason I was hired: I was changing the direction of Planned Parenthood", Dr. "[The ...

Florida will soon require public schools to implement mental-health education, making it the third state to do so after NY and Virginia passed similar laws a year ago. "Providing mental health instruc...

Growing consumption of sugary drinks, especially in low and middle income countries, as well as tobacco and alcohol use, are a common risk factor for developing oral diseases, including oral cancer ...

People who become infected with the virus will experience mild flu-like symptoms. Last July, the district restored to spraying pesticides by ground in Elk Grove after more than 30 West Nile cases were...

The last time the global health body declared an worldwide emergency for Ebola was during the 2014-2016 outbreak in West Africa that killed more than 11,000 people. Here's a look at Ebola and the ...

An excessive heat warning is in effect from noon Friday until 8 p.m. Saturday for all of central Pennsylvania, and a heat advisory is also in effect from 8 p.m. It was expected to intensify on ...

Ms. Harris' plan would authorize HHS to annually set fair prices for drugs based on average prices of those drugs in comparable countries like Canada, France, Germany and Japan. Gillibrand, as pres...

During the study, which was presented at the International Conference of the Alzheimer's Disease Association in Los Angeles, the authors used positron emission tomography to see how tau protein is d...

In addition to the high temps, an air quality alert has been issued for Staten Island due to elevated pollution levels for 11 a.m.to 11 p.m. on Friday , according to the National Weather Service. G...

The margin increases chances that the Senate will follow the House and send the measure to President Trump for his signature. "We also continue on to delivers our promises to workers today will hono...

Melisa Franzen and Dr. Dave Dvorak, an emergency medicine doctor, also participated in the town hall with Rep. Omar. When Trump called her anti-Semitic, the crowd began to chant: " Send her back! ...

Michael Bennet of Colorado, Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York; Washington Gov. Jay Inslee; Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. Amy Klobuchar, Mon...

Based on provisional counts, the center estimates there were an estimated 68,000 drug overdose deaths in 2018, compared to about 72,000 the year before. It declined 8 percent past year. The overall in...

For patients with depression, the risk of developing a cardiac disease, hypertension, stroke or diabetes is approximately 40 percent higher. "One in five people across the world live with mental ill...

While it's been recognised for some time that people with severe mental disorders are more likely to die earlier, the researchers found those with mental illness were also more likely to be living wit...

When he arrived in Goma on Sunday he went to a clinic where he tested positive for Ebola and he was taken back to a clinic in Butembo on Monday. "Given that the patient was quickly identified, a...

Previous emergencies were declared for the devastating 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa that killed more than 11,000 people, the emergence of Zika in the Americas, the swine flu pandemic and poli...

But Azar's optimism belies the underlying trends, which show that while prescription opioid and heroin deaths have fallen, deaths associated with fentanyl , cocaine, and methamphetamine have all rise...

This was the fourth time that the World Health Organization expert committee has met on this outbreak, which some experts said met the criteria for being a global emergency months ago. The groups emph...

Calgary by comparison had 206 cases in 2018. "I encourage anyone sexually active to get tested regularly", she adds. Nearly two-thirds of the cases were reported in the Edmonton area. Hinshaw says...

They also identified some new sex-specific genes that seem related to risk and progression of the disease. Fiona Carragher, chief policy and research officer at Alzheimer's Society, said: "It's true...

The rising recognition of the environmental toll of disposable tampons and sanitary towels which add 200,000 tonnes of waste to landfills a year, has helped drive curiosity in the cups. Your purchase...

Major had no visible puncture wound or scratch marks - something that's not unusual because bat scratches can be microscopic, said Henry. It says he did not develop symptoms compatible with rabies unt...