Health
15-minute Ebola testing kit given green light by World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has approved a rapid test for the Ebola virus which can deliver a diagnosis in just 15 minutes. In what could be a breakthrough...
Medication therapy may help reluctant smokers quit gradually
A nicotine addiction pill known as Chantix can help smokers quit gradually when they can’t go cold turkey, a study found, suggesting that it may...
Australians get hepatitis A from Chinese berries
Nine Australians have contracted hepatitis A linked with eating contaminated berries from China, with the importer apologising Tuesday as the food scare...
Schools reopen as Liberia turns page on Ebola epidemic
Students in Liberia began returning to the classroom Monday after a six-month closure during the Ebola epidemic that has killed nearly 4,000 people, lining...
After six months and 3,800 Ebola deaths, Liberian schools reopen
Students in Liberia began returning to the classroom Monday after a six-month closure during the Ebola epidemic that left thousands dead, lining up in...
New study: HPV vaccine may prevent multiple cancer types
The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, Cervarix, not only has the potential to prevent cervical cancer but also other HPV-caused common cancer types,...
6-day-old baby is youngest U.S. heart transplant patient
A 6-day-old premature baby has become the youngest infant to receive a heart transplant at a U.S.
Six-day-old baby is youngest U.S. heart transplant patient
A six-day old premature baby has become the youngest infant to receive a heart transplant at a U.S.
Smoking is even more deadly than previously thought
A new study suggests that smoking may be responsible for 60,000 to 120,000 more deaths in the U.S.
Fat chance: Critics attack study for questioning dietary intake advice
A study claiming dietary fat advice issued to millions in the 1970s and 80s was wrong has drawn uproar from nutrition specialists.
One in a million: ‘Genetically male’ woman gives birth to healthy twins
An Indian “woman” who discovered she had mostly male chromosomes has given birth to healthy twins after intensive treatment in what doctors...
Health agency issues warning to prevent Britons eating daffodils
Supermarkets in the UK have been asked to ensure all daffodils are kept separate from fruit and vegetables to prevent customers eating the poisonous plants...
This train calls at anthrax and meningitis: New York subway germs revealed
An 18-month effort to swab handrails across the New York subway network has found anthrax DNA and germs that can cause bubonic plague and meningitis. Weill...
Number of new Ebola cases rises for first time in 2015: WHO
The weekly number of new Ebola cases registered across Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone rose in the last week of January, marking the first hike in 2015,...
Delay in funds may have helped Ebola spread
Delays by international donors in providing money promised to fight Ebola may have allowed the disease to spread, driving up the amount of the final bill,...
KFC unleashes ‘Double Down Dog’ in the Philippines
To the horror of dieticians and amusement of social media users, fastfood giant KFC has began selling a hotdog wrapped in fried chicken instead of bread...
International campaigners urge UK to vote for ‘three-parent’ IVF babies
Campaigners have urged British lawmakers to seize a chance to become the first in the world to allow three-way fertility treatments to families trying...
International campaigners urge UK to allow ‘three-parent’ IVF babies
Campaigners urged British lawmakers on Sunday to seize a chance to become the first in the world to allow three-way fertility treatments to families who...
Plan to release genetically modified mosquitos in Florida sparks outcry
A British company’s plan to unleash hordes of genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida to reduce the threat of dengue fever and other diseases...
Pregnant smokers more likely to quit if bribed with cash, research finds
Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to quit the habit if they are paid, according to new research conducted in Britain.
Inject that double chin away, claims a new drug
A new drug capable of leveling out a double chin will be reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on March 9, according to Kythera Biopharmeceuticals,...
Uganda sued in landmark medical ‘brain drain’ case
Raymond Mwesiga’s “darling kid sister” had much to live for, but when she needed medical help after a car crash, Uganda’s overstretched...
Needle-free tattoos can check diabetics’ sugar levels
A temporary electronic “tattoo” may one day offer diabetics a bloodless way to check blood sugar levels, researchers say.
With just five cases left, Liberia hopes to be Ebola free within weeks
Liberia, once the epicenter of West Africa’s deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, a senior health official...
Just five Ebola cases left in Liberia, government says
Liberia, once the epicenter of West Africa’s deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, a senior health official...
Ebola vaccine trials to begin in west Africa as disease reaches ‘turning point’
Two long-awaited studies of experimental Ebola vaccines are due to begin in West Africa within weeks, according to U.S.
Diabetes breakthrough hailed as boy given world’s first artificial pancreas
A four-year-old Australian boy has become the first patient in the world to be fitted with an artificial pancreas.
Hope for millions as Australian boy gets world’s first artificial pancreas
A four-year-old Australian boy has become the first patient in the world to be fitted with an artificial pancreas.
A new hope: Australian boy gets world’s first artificial pancreas
A 4-year-old Australian boy has become the first patient in the world to be fitted with an artificial pancreas.
Hope for millions: Australian boy gets world’s first artificial pancreas
A four-year-old Australian boy has become the first patient in the world to be fitted with an artificial pancreas.
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