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More than 150,000 people in the UK are living with Parkinson’s disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. According to the Global Burden of Disease study, which compiles and analyzes population health data from 204 countries, the number of CVD cases almost doubled between 1990 and 2019, rising from 271 million to 523 million worldwide.

Hood River County in Oregon reported three cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a rare human brain disease very similar to "mad cow."

People at high risk of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) can be identified years in advance, but there is currently no treatment to prevent it from developing

The United States has de-emphasized infectious disease programming in favor of prioritizing chronic disease.

The studies also ‘offer hope’ that transplanted cells could tackle symptoms of the condition, such as tremors.

Even products which are packed or packaged, or have been purchased at duty free are off limits.

We’ve long known that environmental factors – from humidity and temperature to trace chemical vapours – can influence how pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and fungi, behave once released into the air. These tiny droplets of respiratory fluid, or aerosols, carry viruses and bacteria and can float for minutes or…

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I think back to my 20-year-old self and my sister, lost in her imagined worlds, and I feel compassion for us both

A second young child in Texas died from a measles infection