A baby in Israel was born with her own “twin” inside her stomach — a rare phenomenon known as “fetus in fetu,” according to ...

People who live to age 100 and beyond may have special gut bacteria that help ward off infections, according to a new study from Japan. The results su...

The coronavirus delta variant may be as contagious as chickenpox and cause more severe illness than previous variants, according to an internal presen...

A large COVID-19 outbreak in a Cape Cod town has changed health officials’ understanding of the coronavirus delta variant, and played a key...

With climate change causing temperatures to rise across the globe, extreme heat is becoming more and more of a health threat. The human body&nbsp...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens”-a catalogue of 12 families of b...

Nutrients found in cocoa may improve the heart health of patients with advanced kidney disease, and perhaps anyone else at risk for heart disease, acc...

Lifestyle behaviors and environmental factors account for around 70-90% of cancer cases, according to new research published in the journal Nature. Th...

Researchers have identified a protein that powers the virulence of the bacteria that causes gonorrhoea, opening the possibility of a new target for an...

1. What is Cholera?Cholera is a diarrhoeal disease caused by a germ. The germ is found mostly in faeces and it spreads when a person drinks water or e...