Browsing: disease

September 15, 20253 min readDeath Rates from Chronic Diseases Dropped in Most CountriesA report finds that death rates from cancer and heart disease have declined since…

September 8, 20254 min readTrump’s Health Cuts Leave States with Gaping Holes in Disease SurveillanceAI now scans for bird flu and measles news, but public health…

Australia is a step closer to having its own national agency to inform and coordinate public health responses – a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control.Long-awaited…

New York City has declared the deadly legionnaires’ disease outbreak in central Harlem over, nearly three weeks since it began.On Friday, city health officials announced that…

Eating foods rich in potassium, such as avocados, bananas and spinach, could reduce your risk of heart conditions, hospitalisation and death by 24%, a study suggests.Previous…

August 10, 20252 min readDid Disease Defeat Napoleon?Napoleon’s campaign against the Russian Empire was one of the most costly wars in history. Many soldiers died of…

What Is the Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak That Has Killed Two People in New York City?Fifty-eight people have been infected—and two have died—in a New York City…

Mysterious Illness Decimating Sea Stars Finally IdentifiedA devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their environmentBy Andrea…

Two people have died and at least 58 have been sickened amid an outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in the Harlem area of New York City, according…

A decade after the onset of a sea star wasting disease (SSWD) epidemic considered the largest ever documented in the wild, researchers have identified the microbial…