An emergency vaccination programme followed an outbreak in Kent [Reuters] A vaccination programme targeting one million ...

Thousands of children in Kenya have been left vulnerable to deadly childhood diseases after repeated vaccine shortages disrupted immunisation programmes over the past five years.

Saxitoxin, a neurotoxin released in algal blooms, has killed many people on the West Coast who've gathered shellfish that ...

Modern medicine has made significant advances in cancer treatments over the decades. But all cancer therapies still face one ...

Imperfect solutions lead to side-effects: surgery and radiation can damage nearby healthy tissue, while chemotherapy can ...

EU Bans Sudan Gold Imports to Curb War FundingThe European Union has banned purchases, imports, and transfers of gold from Sudan, as well as exports of mercury and cyanide used in gold mining, in a ...

Tick season is booming, and with it come fears over a potentially deadly tick-borne allergy to meat. Discovered just under 20 ...

In addition to guarding against Typhoon Bavi’s heavy rains and winds, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday urged ...

Rabies is almost always fatal once symptoms appear, making immediate treatment after an animal bite essential. Experts advise ...

Stomach pains, fevers and unexplained rashes are all in a day’s work for an NHS 111 health advisor. But a call about a ...

Some truly disturbing cases have come out of Cornwall this year. A thug who stuck a lit cigarette in a woman's eye, a man who ...