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The focus on the health risks of alcohol consumption gives short shrift to the reasons people like to drink.

Recent Marburg disease outbreak in Tanzania with 8 fatalities, high national risk, and no specific treatment available. Learn about the symptoms, transmiss...

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The import of cattle, pigs and sheep from the country has been banned after the disease was found in a herd of water buffalo.

‘Critical’ funding comes as H5N1 outbreak intensifies and will go toward developing a response to the virus

Experts believe H5N1 bird flu belongs in a growing category of infectious diseases that can cause pandemics across many species. But there are ways to reduce the risks

The largest investigation of alcohol consumption in Australia's history shows how it increases the risk of cancers, other diseases and death.

Do people with obesity have an illness? When obesity affects the functions of people's organs, it should be considered a distinct illness called "clinical obesity," the commission said.

The disease is currently the eighth most common cause of cancer death in the UK.

Obesity is linked to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee osteoarthritis.

Lancet commission’s report calls for global shake-up and suggests looking at measures such as waist-to-height ratios and ill-health symptoms