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The study said the procedure was ‘safe, well tolerated and has a long-lasting effect that appears to protect the brain from further damage’.

The CDC recommends thoroughly washing greens or buying ones labeled as “ready to eat,” “triple washed” or “no washing necessary.”

The floodwaters in the southwestern Somali district of Dolow may have started to recede -- for now -- but distraught families who have lost their homes, their livelihoods in the muddy deluge are now at risk of potentially fatal disease.

Research suggests bacteria in fermented foods may ameliorate some inflammation that microplastics promote in our system

In a first-of-its-kind report of an outbreak linked to a common male sex partner, officials have identified five women with eye syphilis.

Wolman disease is thought to occur in one in every 350,000 births.

Each year, vaccines prevent thousands of deaths and hospitalisations in Australia.

A landmark inquiry into the NSW health system will not be adversarial or blame people working within it for issues and will rather identify ways to improve it.

Rates for shot against pneumococcal disease are also lagging, Grattan Institute says, urging government to increase take-up

Hannah Povey’s dog Betsy fell ill following a walk in the South Downs National Park

Union Health Ministry on Sunday directed State governments to ensure that the trends of influenza like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) be closely monitored by the district and State surveillance units of Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP), particularly of children and adolescents.