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Viridian Therapeutics stock jumped Tuesday after unveiling promising results for its Amgen-rivaling eye disease treatment.

The natural world is filled with variety. Ecological systems can look very different in different parts of the Earth. Every species has genetic variation that means individuals can look and behave very differently. Diseases can affect people differently, with some suffering more serious complications than others.

The study found that insulin resistance is associated with more than 30 diseases, elevating the risk for 26 of them and potentially leading to early death in women.

Africa says it needs an estimated ten million doses of mpox vaccine to control this public health emergency.

Pet laws are ineffective at managing the biosecurity risks posed by cats while pig culls have had "questionable" outcomes, a new report has found.

A probe into the health service is to say cardiovascular health has been going in the wrong direction, with the British Heart Foundation describing the picture as ‘extremely concerning’

Report into state of health service in England expresses fears that 50 years of progress is ‘beginning to reverse’

The COVID pandemic pushed people to be either hyper-aware of viruses, or not trust public health at all

As of this month, getting tested for the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in France no longer requires a prescription – and if you're under 26, it's entirely free. The changes come amid a worrying rise in gonorrhoea, syphilis and other diseases passed on through sex.