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First case of polio in Gaza raises concerns about disease spread and calls for urgent coordinated efforts to contain it.

Professor urges those at risk to get jab or reduce number of sexual partners to cut chance of infection

You get celebrities saying 'I went gluten-free and lost weight'.

Health authorities warned Europe Friday to get ready for more cases of a deadly strain of mpox that has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Did you know that the bananas you eat today are not the same type as the ones people were eating a few generations ago? The banana you might have had with your breakfast today is a variety called the Cavendish banana, while the one that was in grocery stores up…

More than 25 million people across the country face acute hunger as well as outbreaks of disease due to civil war.

With their primary goal to advance scientific knowledge, most scientists are not trained or incentivized to think through the societal implications of the technologies they are developing. Even in genomic medicine, which is geared toward benefiting future patients, time and funding pressures make real-time ethics oversight difficult.

West Nile virus is the most common mosquito-borne illness in the continental U.S., with an average of 2,464 reported cases per year.

Other examples of neglected diseases include the West Nile, Zika and Chikungunya viruses

"The West only gets concerned about controlling epidemics when we start seeing cases, and then it is almost always too late to eradicate the infection."

If you’re experiencing sensitive teeth while expecting, these expert tips might help…