Two people in Oregon have died from a rare, progressive brain disorder similar to "mad cow disease" that leads to dementia and is %100 fatal. The Hood River County Health Department confirmed the ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. It starts with the ticks. These bugs infect people with the bacteria that cause ...

June 10, 2024 — Scientists have grown 'mini-guts' in the lab to help understand Crohn's disease, showing that 'switches' that modify DNA in gut cells play an important role in the disease ...

She had no family history of diseases; her brothers were perfectly healthy. But everyone agreed on one thing: Something was up. "I did not have any doctor who didn't think nothing was wrong," the ...

Apr. 23, 2025 — Piperacillin, an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin, effectively cured mice of Lyme disease at 100-times less than the effective dose of doxycycline, the current gold ...

But when your dad lost control of his body because of a rare neurodegenerative disease, and died a month after diagnosis, your body forgets. Needs reminding. Even almost three years later.

Nikhil Jayswal, diagnosed with Crohn's disease at 20, faced colectomy and later, cancer. Battling severe health issues and societal stigma, he founded IBD India in 2021. The non-profit offers ...

Google DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis made a stunning statement during an internview claiming that artificial intelligence could end all diseases in as early as the next 10 years.

The department’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a study to examine links between autism and vaccines, even though medical experts have long debunked any such connection.

Apr. 8, 2025 — New research has uncovered a surprising culprit underlying cardiovascular diseases in obesity and diabetes -- not the presence of certain fats, but their suppression. The study ...

Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers have identified a potential new way to treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a deadly and currently incurable lung disease that affects more than 3 million people ...

State-level variations in susceptibility and pathogen transmissibility significantly influence disease outcomes. Maintaining high vaccination rates is crucial to prevent the resurgence of vaccine ...