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Lira, Uganda | Lango Sub-region leaders have been challenged to use the forthcoming regional health assembly to confront disparities in health-sector performance, strengthen accountability, and improve the referral system for…

A research effort aims to change the way colorectal cancer is studied and treated in Nigeria – and around the world.

Duke researchers developed an injectable scaffold that helped stroke-damaged brains grow new blood vessels, support nerve regrowth, and recover movement in mice. The treatment appears to work partly by recruiting the body’s own immune cells, including neutrop…

Learn which foods may have an undeserved bad reputation and can still fit into a diet for healthier triglycerides.

Newsweek spoke to a general practitioner who said the findings point to an "important biological signal."

A geriatrician explains why starting statins soon after a type 2 diabetes diagnosis may be linked to lower dementia risk, particularly vascular dementia, whi...

Trial in US offers hope for solving organ shortage

Regularly consuming sugar-sweetened beverages could more than double a person's risk of developing gastric cancer, a study has found.

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story What to know about respiratory vaccine recommendations Several medical groups have joined together to release 2026-2027 respiratory virus immunization recommendations, fillin…

This case shows that porcine kidney xenotransplantation can provide prolonged renal support and be discontinued without clinically significant allosensitisation or zoonotic infection. Early cellular rejection resolved with treatment, whereas later graft failu…

A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.

Amid shifting federal vaccine policies, major medical groups released independent guidance on flu, COVID-19 and RSV vaccinations.

CDC staff had already accepted the measles death reports when RFK Jr. meddled.

A psychedelic best known for its effects on the brain may also protect peripheral nerves from chemotherapy damage, early research suggests.

Drugs like Ozempic or Zepbound have an unfortunate side effect for men.

Study shows that psilocybin acts on nerves to prevent the painful condition called peripheral neuropathy.

Florida's dengue cases nearly doubled, adding 32 new locally acquired cases in one week, according to the latest health department update.

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) promote genomic instability and fuel oncogenic signaling in cancer, but antioxidant therapies have so far failed to improve, or worsen, cancer outcomes. Emerging data suggest that T cells depend on ROS for signal ...

The Monroe County Department of Public Health is warning the community about a potential measles exposure at the Louise M. Slaughter Rochester Train Station.

The keto diet may have surprising benefits for liver health, a new study suggests.

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading faster than efforts to track and contain it. And the virus has likely not yet peaked. This is according to Africa’s top public health agency on Thursday. Since mid-May, the outbreak has expanded from three heal…