Canada plunges into early flu season as vaccines begin to roll out
Experts agree that vaccination is the best way to prevent serious illness and complications from influenza.
Experts agree that vaccination is the best way to prevent serious illness and complications from influenza.
Trial hears Robert O’Connor was considered appropriate for detention by mental health services in 2014 after he threatened to kill his parents Evan O'Connor, Mark O'Connor and Louise O'Connor, who were found dead at their home in Drumgowna, Co Louth on September 29th, 2025. Photograph: Garda/PA Wire
NAIROBI M, Kenya Oct 23- has recorded its second death from Ebola (Bundibugyo Virus Disease), with the Ministry of Health confirming that a 65-year-old woman has succumbed to the disease. The woman was the third confirmed Ebola case in the country and a direct contact and close family member of Kenya’s first Ebola patient, who also died from the disease.
The Ministry of Health announced on Friday evening that the woman, who was the third confirmed case of Bundibugyo virus disease in the country, died while receiving treatment at an infectious disease unit.
Kenya records its second Ebola death after 65-year-old patient dies following 10 days in quarantine; seven other patients still in isolation, Health Ministry says.
The doctor says she faced a brutal investigation after she passed on complaints brought to her by other doctors.
Research published today identifies potential new ways to treat the most common type of colorectal cancer in Ireland. The study, conducted by an international research team led by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, provides a roadmap for repurposing existing drugs and developing new ones to create more effective, personalized treatments for thousands of patients who currently have...
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LGBTQ+ college students who experience discrimination are significantly more likely to experience depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts and to avoid needed health care, according to a new national study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute.
ACB traps Tulluru PHC medical officer for allegedly accepting ₹25,000 bribe to favour an employee.
A new analysis of a phase 3 clinical trial found that the targeted drug daraxonrasib improved survival compared with standard chemotherapy across multiple groups of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, including those with different RAS mutations and those without an identified RAS mutation.
The activity of six different genes can help determine survival in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a study published in Science Advances. The findings by researchers at the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona lay the foundations for new ways of predicting how patients will fare with a type of blood cancer that has widely variable outcomes from one patient to the next.
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made a breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells can evade the cell-killing effects of chemotherapy and enter a "zombie-like state," called premature senescence, that can attract the wound-healing properties of the immune system.
A concussion nearly cost Merril Hoge his life after a doctor cleared him to play. Now, his terrifying ordeal resurfaces as Jalen Hurts’ blood clot scare raises questions about NFL medical care.
Bayern Munich manager Vincent Kompany collapsed after a training session in Munich on Friday and was immediately taken to hospital by ambulance, with the club confirming that he would remain under medical care for further examinations
Miley Cyrus flew fan and musician Cash Jacobs - who has Stage 3 breast cancer - to her Los Angeles show to help shave her head. A video of the moment shared online has since surpassed 1.5 million views.