PHILIPPINES LAUNCHES PROBE INTO DENGUE VACCINE SCARE

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

WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICA LAG BEHIND IN DISEASE FIGHT

In eastern Europe and central Asia, new HIV infections have risen by 60 percent since 2010 and AIDS-related deaths by 27 percent, his message also said... READ MORE›

APPLE (RED) RAISED THE EQUIVALENT OF 144 MILLION DAYS OF LIFESAVING AIDS MEDICATION IN 2017

In 2017 Apple's Product RED partnership has raised the equivalent of 144 million days of lifesaving AIDS medication... READ MORE›

TESTOSTERONE COULD EXPLAIN WHY ASTHMA IS MORE COMMON IN WOMEN THAN MEN

The findings, published in the journal Cell Reports, revealed individuals with asthma had higher levels of ILC2 cells than those without... READ MORE›

HEALTH CANADA FINDS LOW NUMBER OF RARE CANCER CASES LINKED TO BREAST IMPLANTS

A Health Canada safety review has found a low number of cases of a rare cancer associated with breast implants... READ MORE›

WORLD'S SMALLEST TAPE RECORDER MADE FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED GUT BACTERIA

Researchers from the Columbia University Medical Centre have successfully converted a naturally occurring gut bacteria found in humans into the world's smallest data recorder... READ MORE›

DISNEYLAND SHUTS DOWN COOLING TOWERS AFTER LEGIONNAIRES' CASES

A dozen cases of the bacterial lung infection were discovered about three weeks ago, the Orange County Health Care Agency announced Friday... READ MORE›

RADICAL NEW APPROACH TO SCHIZOPHRENIA TREATMENT BEGINS TRIAL

Exclusive as evidence emerges that schizophrenia could be an immune system disease, two-year trial will use antibody drug currently used for MS... 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›

FRENCH DRUGMAKER CRASHES AFTER PEANUT ALLERGY TREATMENT FAILS A MAJOR TRIAL

Aimmune Therapeutics Inc., which is developing its own peanut allergy treatment, soared as much as 46 percent in New York... READ MORE›

INDIAN GIRL DIES AFTER EATING PANCAKE

The girl had never tried the fruit before, and just after taking one bite of the blackberry pancake, she turned completely blue and collapsed... READ MORE›

LIFE ISNT ALL ROSY IN THE INNER CITIES, SADLY

Colds are sometimes a reaction to stress, which makes the immune system susceptible to the virus... READ MORE›

OXFORD RESEARCHERS TEAM TO TEST UNIVERSAL FLU VACCINE

Significantly, the new vaccine works by stimulating the immune system to boost virus-killing T-cells, instead of antibodies... READ MORE›

NEW TECHNOLOGY COULD ALLOW MULTIPLE VACCINES TO BE DELIVERED IN SINGLE JAB

The technology involves encapsulating drugs or vaccines within tiny particles made of biodegradable polymers... READ MORE›

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TICK BITES THAT TRIGGER SEVERE MEAT ALLERGY ON RISE AROUND THE WORLD

'Tick-induced mammalian meat allergy' reported in Europe, Asia, Central America and Africa but most prevalent in parts of Australia and the US... READ MORE›

A 'HUGE MILESTONE': APPROVAL OF CANCER-HUNTING VIRUS SIGNALS NEW TREATMENT ERA

Imlygic programs viruses to attack only cancer cells and gives patients more humane options potentially a complete change in the game in treatment... READ MORE›

'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›

SALMONELLA FLAGS CANCER TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM WHEN INJECTED INTO TUMOURS, SCIENTISTS FIND

Previous studies have looked at using bacteria like salmonella to carry anti-cancer drugs into tumours... READ MORE›

POLIO PARALYZES 17 CHILDREN IN SYRIA WHO SAYS

Polio Paralyzes 17 Children in Syria, W.H.O. Says... 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›

A CREAM THAT REMOVES TATTOOS HAS BEEN INVENTED

New tattoo removal cream promises to fade ink, doesn't hurt and only costs A?3... READ MORE›

TASMANIAN DEVILS DEVELOPING IMMUNE RESPONSE TO CONTAGIOUS FACE CANCER

Researchers from the University of Tasmania have identified six disease-resistant devils in the same small population since 2009... READ MORE›

STUDENTS TARGETED IN MENW VACCINATION PROGRAMME

Sue Davie, chief executive of Meningitis Now, said parents should ensure that their children get the MenACWY vaccination... READ MORE›

BILLIONAIRE ANNOUNCES $250 MILLION IN CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY FUNDING

Cancer immunotherapy will get a hefty doseA of its own moonshot today when tech billionaire Sean Parker announces 250 million in funding slated for six cancer centers... 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›

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›

1 DEAD, 11 OTHERS HOSPITALIZED IN LISTERIA OUTBREAK LINKED TO DOLE SALADS

Tests from the Ohio Department of Agriculture found listeria bacteria in a package of Dole field greens produced at a processing facility in Springfield, Ohio... 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›

BABY GIRL IS FIRST IN THE WORLD TO BE TREATED WITH 'DESIGNER IMMUNE CELLS'

Despite several rounds of intensive chemotherapy, Layla still had leukaemia cells in her body when the transplant was performed, and seven weeks later the disease returned... READ MORE›

REFUGEES OF ALL AGES NOW ELIGIBLE FOR GOVERNMENT'S NATIONAL VACCINATION PROGRAM

Refugees have enough to worry about when moving to a new country, but catching up on vaccinations in Australia is no longer one of them... READ MORE›

CHEO, U OF O STUDY COULD LEAD TO DIET-BASED CROHN'S TREATMENTS

Some of those future Crohn's treatments could involve targeting the gut's bacterial ecosystem, said Mack, while also placing more emphasis on managing patients' diets... 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›

CHINESE ACTRESS' DEATH SPARKS CANCER TREATMENT DEBATE

Scientists are also beginning to research whether traditional Chinese medicine can treat or prevent cancer... 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›

DEATH OF CHINESE ACTRESS IGNITES TRADITIONAL MEDICINE DEBATE

Controversially, she opted against chemotherapy, and announced over social media that she would instead turn to traditional Chinese medicine... READ MORE›

CHILDREN 'SAVE MOTHER' WHO FALLS ILL

They told her that her daughter Libby had phoned her granddad, tried to give her a sugary drink and held her hand... READ MORE›

HANSON REFUSES TO BACK DOWN FROM VACCINATION COMMENTS AS FURORE RISES

Pauline Hanson has defended and reinforced her anti-vaccination sentiments by encouraging parents to test their children before immunising... 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›

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›

NEW EPIDEMIC STRAIN OF HIV IN CUBA IS TWICE AS AGGRESSIVE AS AVERAGE VIRUS

All the patients infected with the new strain of the virus progressed to Aids within three years... READ MORE›

DOCTOR WHO GAVE HUNDREDS OF HEALTHY PATIENTS CHEMOTHERAPY JAILED FOR 45 YEARS

Doctor who gave hundreds of healthy patients chemotherapy jailed for 45 years... 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›