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May 23, 2018
The hotter our body temperature, the more our bodies speed up a key defence system that fights against tumours, wounds or infections, new research by a multidisciplinary team of mathematicians and biologists from the Universities of Warwick and Manchester has found.
May 23, 2018
The World Health Organization\'s (WHO) regional director for Africa says the agency is accelerating efforts with nine countries neighboring Congo to try to prevent the spread of the current Ebola outbreak beyond its borders.
May 23, 2018
In a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice with stroke-damaged brains, UCLA researchers report in the May 21 issue of Nature Materials.
May 22, 2018
Two more people have died from Ebola in Congo in an outbreak that has killed 27 since April.
May 22, 2018
Among organ transplant patients, those receiving new lungs face a higher rate of organ failure and death compared with people undergoing heart, kidney and liver transplants.
May 22, 2018
Officials say at least nine people have died in India from the Nipah virus, an infection that spreads through bats, pigs and other animals.
May 21, 2018
Congo launched an Ebola vaccination programme on Monday in a bid to stop the latest outbreak of the deadly viral disease from spreading.
May 21, 2018
Mosquito season is around the corner, bringing with it a higher risk of catching potentially serious diseases transmitted by their bite.
May 21, 2018
Scientists know that faulty proteins can cause harmful deposits or \"aggregates\" in neurological disorders such as Alzheimer\'s and Parkinson\'s disease.
May 20, 2018
Two more cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo city of Mbandaka, bringing the total to three.
May 19, 2018
At least three new cases of Ebola were confirmed Friday in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the country\'s health minister announced.
May 18, 2018
A study published this week in Nature sheds new light on the connection between the gut and the brain, untangling the complex interplay that allows the byproducts of microorganisms living in the gut to influence the progression of neurodegenerative diseases.