The first UK case of a potentially deadly strain of the mpox virus has been detected in London. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said the risk to the UK population from the clade 1b mpox strain “remains low”. The person involved had been on holiday in Africa and travelledContinue Reading
Federal officials announced Wednesday that the H5N1 bird flu virus had been found in a pig for the first time in the US. The pig was found on a backyard farm in Crook County, Oregon, the Department of Agriculture reported. The animal, which is one of five on the farm,Continue Reading
Transcranial direction current stimulation may help improve depression symptoms in hard-to-treat cases. ArtemisDiana/ Shutterstock Up to a third of people diagnosed with depression do not respond to antidepressants or therapy. In such cases, patients may be prescribed neuromodulation therapy, which modulates brain activity in order to reduce depression symptoms. OneContinue Reading
Weekend bouts of exercise may be just as good for you as working out during the week when it comes to slowing down mental decline, researchers say. The findings, which come a month after another study found being a weekend exercise “warrior” cuts the risk of developing more than 200Continue Reading
More than eight million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping track. About 1.25 million people died of TB last year, the new report said, adding that TB likely returned to beingContinue Reading
“People have forgotten what life is all about,” Robert De Niro’s character says in the film Awakenings after being revived from the shut-down state he had been in for 30 years. “They’ve forgotten what it is to be alive.” Based on a true story told by Dr Oliver Sacks, AwakeningsContinue Reading
A man has seen his deadly brain tumour shrink by half thanks to a new radioactive therapy, which experts hope will eradicate the disease. Doctors at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) are running a clinical trial to treat glioblastoma, a type of cancer which kills most patientsContinue Reading
The NHS faces “real problems this winter”, the health secretary has admitted as he refused to rule out the prospect of people waiting on trolleys and in corridors over the coming months. Speaking on a joint visit to St George’s Hospital with chancellor Rachel Reeves, Wes Streeting said the extraContinue Reading
The fertility rate in England and Wales has dropped to its lowest level since records began in the 1930s, new government data shows. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the total fertility rate – the average number of children a woman has in her lifetime – wasContinue Reading
GPs in England have reported a rise in cases of scabies, and have warned the public not to ignore an itchy rash which could be caused by the highly contagious skin infestation. Scabies is caused by a parasitic mite which burrows under the skin and lays eggs, which causes intenseContinue Reading
