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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious viral disease of livestock, mainly affects cattle but can also infect swine, sheep and goats.The virus is preserved in saliva, urine, faeces and milk.

A woman asked the internet if she was wrong to snap at a friend who would not take her celiac disease seriously.

'Grey's Anatomy' star Eric Dane has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - also known as Lou Gehrig's disease - but he plans to continue working and hopes to return to the set of his TV show 'Euphoria' in the coming days.

Actor, 52, says he will continue to appear in HBO show after being diagnosed with the most common form of motor neurone 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.