FACEBOOK CAN BE USED STOP DISEASE OUTBREAKS

Such people would be central in their social networks, and thus likelier to spread disease-causing germs from one group to another... READ MORE›

THAT'S SICK! HUMANS CAN IDENTIFY INFECTED PEERS FROM A PHOTO

Further study is needed to determine whether levels of infection detection are similar across diseases and ethnic groups... READ MORE›

NEW DRUGS KNOCK BACK CANCER BUT TRIGGER BIZARRE SIDE EFFECTS

He was worried that Legg had eye inflammation, called uveitis, that was caused by an immunotherapy drug she had been on for advanced lung cancer... READ MORE›

FUNGAL DISEASE COULD KILL OFF SNAKES AROUND THE WORLD

Although molting can resolve most cases, snakes can die from the infection... READ MORE›

PHILIPPINES LAUNCHES PROBE INTO DENGUE VACCINE SCARE

Sanofi's Dengvaxia is the first-ever approved dengue vaccine... READ MORE›

ENGLAND HIT BY 50-YEAR SPIKE IN BACTERIAL INFECTION

A new study says England is seeing a dramatic increase in cases of scarlet fever, an infectious disease that mostly affects children... READ MORE›

RECOGNISING THAT MIND AND BODY ARE NOT SEPARATE OPENS DOOR FOR NEW TREATMENTS

It's all challenging the idea that the brain is this separate privileged organ, said Howes... READ MORE›

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'PATIENTS ARE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF THE WORK HE HAS DONE'

Dr. Mark Wainberg, a Montreal-based trailblazer in HIV AIDS research and an internationally renowned scientist, died Tuesday after swimming in rough water in Bal Harbour, Fla... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN WORLD FIRST AS MALARIA VACCINE PASSES HUMAN TRIAL

In a world first a new malaria vaccine developed by Australian scientists has passed its first test in early human trials... READ MORE›

MENINGITIS B VACCINE OFFERED TO ALL BABIES FROM SEPTEMBER

All newborn babies in England and Scotland are to be offered a vaccine to combat meningitis B from September... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA CLAIMS IT HAS DISCOVERED CURE FOR AIDS, EBOLA, MERS AND SARS

The North's claim comes as rival South Korea fights an outbreak of Mers that has killed two dozen people and infected more than 160 since last month... READ MORE›

EBOLA OUTBREAK DECLARED IN NORTHEAST DR CONGO

In June 2016, WHO declared Liberia free of active Ebola virus transmission... READ MORE›

West Africa is facing the largest Ebola outbreak in history and more than 2,000 people have died... READ MORE›

AIR POLLUTION LEADS TO MORE DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA, STUDY FINDS

Our research could initiate an entirely new understanding of how air pollution affects human health... READ MORE›

WINNIPEG LAB EMPLOYEE POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO EBOLA VIRUS

An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola virus... READ MORE›

HOSPITAL MISTAKES BLAMED FOR US TRANSMISSION

Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›

CHILD TREATED FOR HIV AT BIRTH IS HEALTHY NINE YEARS ON WITHOUT FURTHER TREATMENT

Child treated for HIV at birth is healthy nine years on without further treatment... READ MORE›

HIV SPREADS LIKE COMPUTER WORMS, SAY SCIENTISTS

New model equates spread of worm across local networks and internet with progress of Aids virus through the body, suggesting early treatment is vital... READ MORE›

THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH WITH EBOLA

At this point, considering the contact she had with someone with Ebola, health workers said she is most likely very sick, perhaps even dead... READ MORE›

LIBERIA IS FREE OF EBOLA, SAYS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Liberia is free of Ebola after going 42 days without any new cases, the World Health Organization WHO announced Saturday... READ MORE›

WHO CRISIS TEAM HOLDS EBOLA TALKS

Farmers in Sierra Leone who have deserted their land because of the Ebola outbreak are being encouraged to go back to work... READ MORE›

DOCTORS RUDELY WARN PUBLIC NOT TO SNUGGLE KITTENS

Cat-scratch fever is caused by a bacteria found in fleas... READ MORE›

TESTS SHOW NEW EBOLA VACCINE IS 'HIGHLY EFFECTIVE'

Pharmaceutical companies only agreed to develop Ebola vaccines after the West African epidemic spiraled out of control last year, affecting thousands of people... READ MORE›

DRUGMAKERS TO JOIN FORCES TO MAKE MILLIONS OF EBOLA VACCINE DOSES

Europe is also expected to announce 200 million euros 250 million of funding to develop new Ebola vaccines, drugs and diagnostic tests, sources said on Wednesday... READ MORE›

CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN FOUND: WORLD FIRST AS PATIENT FITTED WITH PERMANENT SPINAL CORD IMPLANT

Dr Charles Brooker the specialist who fitted the implant said it was a big advance because the device could record signals emerging from the nervous system... READ MORE›

HIV VACCINE TEST HOPES FOR BREAKTHROUGH IN COMBAT AGAINST THE VIRUS

But researchers chasing the holy grail of a vaccine think they could have better success in South Africa, because of a number of modifications... READ MORE›

BRAZILIAN SCIENTISTS FIND NEW ZIKA-LINKED BRAIN DISORDER IN ADULTS

Brito presented her findings on Sunday at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Vancouver... READ MORE›

PNEUMONIA: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LUNG CONDITION

Pneumonia is an inflammation of the tissue in one or both lungs, usually caused by a bacterial infection... READ MORE›

PAULINE CAFFERKEY THE BRITISH NURSE WHO CONTRACTED EBOLA WHILE VOLUNTEERING IN SIERRA LEONE HAS LEFT HOSPITAL AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE RECOVERY

Miss Cafferkey said she was happy to be alive and thanked staff at the Royal Free Hospital in London who she said had saved her life... READ MORE›

WHO DECLARES END OF ZIKA EMERGENCY BUT SAYS VIRUS REMAINS A THREAT

Officials on WHO's Emergency Committee made clear the Zika still constitutes a global public health threat... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA CLAIMS 'CURE' FOR MERS, AIDS AND EBOLA

According to the pro-North Korea website Minjok Tongshin, the drug was originally produced in 1996... READ MORE›

RE-EMERGENCE OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA REMAINS A MYSTERY

The six new infections in Liberia since June 21 include two deaths... READ MORE›

GUINEA LAST NATION WITH EBOLA MAY SOON BE DECLARED FREE OF VIRUS

A Scottish nurse became critically ill last month after having recovered from Ebola, which she contracted doing charity work in Sierra Leone nearly a year ago... READ MORE›

U.S. FDA KNEW DEVICES SPREAD FATAL 'SUPERBUG' BUT DOES NOT ORDER FIX

Last month, Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle said a bacteria spread through contaminated scopes had infected 32 people over two years 11 died... READ MORE›

SPANISH EBOLA CASE REQUIRES RAPID RESPONSE TO ALLAY WESTERN FEARS

Spanish health workers move Ebola patient Manuel Garcia Viejo into an ambulance on his arrival from Sierra Leone... READ MORE›

SCIENTISTS LOOK IN THE TOILET IN SEARCH FOR NEW CANCER TREATMENT

Her firm has invested in Enterome and four other companies working on cancer microbiome projects... READ MORE›

EBOLA EPIDEMIC FUELLED BY 'SUPER-SPREADERS': STUDY

Most of the people who were infected with Ebola in the 2014 West Africa epidemic contracted the viral disease through super-spreaders, researchers say... READ MORE›