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Health officials in the US have published a warning to be on the lookout for a rare and potentially fatal virus. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week advised doctors about the possible growth of an ebola-like…

Health authorities are urging residents in a small East African country to frequently wash their hands and avoid eating wild animals in a bid to stop the transmission of a deadly mystery illness.Three people in the landlocked nation of…

Chest xray of the patient's lungs with tuberculosis showing reticulonodular opacity involve both ... lungs from granulomatous TB infection.getty After a sustained decline in cases, England’s progress against tuberculosis — a potentially…

Obesity is a chronic disease that affects millions of people worldwide and has become a major health problem. It has spread to almost every corner of the planet to the point that " has grown to epidemic proportions," says the World Health…

Nicotine vapes could be on sale to adults at supermarkets across the country under a Nationals plan to “protect children” that’s been slammed by experts as “dangerous”.Claiming current laws are not working, the Nationals want to align the…

Just as Australia and many other nations move closer towards the idea of a four-day working week – one nation is going in a radically different direction.South Korea’s conservative government has proposed raising the work week from 52 hours…

Covid vaccines are once again under the spotlight, following the release of two bombshell reports which revealed a spike in deaths in Australia and New Zealand in recent years.A recent article published by The Exposé, a UK-based website…

Two human cases of bird flu have reportedly been detected in China as concerns about the outbreak’s potential threat to the global population grow.The largest ever bird flu outbreak – caused by the deadly H5N1 strain – is rapidly moving…

Last Updated: March 02, 2023, 08:10 ISTThis year’s theme for World Hearing Day is “Ear and hearing care for all!” (Representative image: Shutterstock) According to the World Health Organisation more than a billion young adults are at risk…

The world is just years away from a devastating crisis that will claim millions of lives and decimate the global economy, with experts warning we need to “act now”. The medical industry has been sounding the alarm over antibiotic-resistant…