The Latest Breaking News from Disease

The new treatment helps to slow or stop the spread of cancer cells

U-turn by medicines watchdog means about 3,000 women with advanced forms of disease could benefit each year

A top Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official is telling staff to start planning for the agency’s splintering

A cruel consequence of advanced cancer is the profound apathy many patients experience as they lose interest in once-cherished activities. This symptom is part of a syndrome called cachexia, which affects about 80% of late-stage cancer patients, leading to severe muscle wasting and weight loss that leave patients bone thin…

More than 30,000 Australians are young cancer survivors but little is known about how the disease affects patients later in life.

Vet who reported the first cases in Britain of what became known as mad cow disease, or BSE, in the late 1980s

Measles is one of the most challenging diseases to control. It requires a sustained uptake of well over 90% of two doses of a measles-containing vaccine such as MMR. But since the COVID pandemic, there has been a decline in uptake of routine vaccines in many countries including the US,…

Hungary reported its first case in over 50 years last month, triggering border closures and the mass slaughter of cattle

Kidney damage can affect almost every part of your body

Following the measles-related death of his unvaccinated daughter, a Texas father claimed vaccinated relatives suffered "worse" symptoms than his kids.

Trisha Goddard hopes that appearing on Celebrity Big Brother will show that people with cancer can "live successfully" with the disease.