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Students at the University of Kent have been queuing all day for antibiotics after two people aged 18 and 21 died in the outbreak.

Tuberculosis has come under the spotlight in Malaysia recently, with reports of 10 active TB clusters in the country. In the ...

Data and common sense tell us that heatwaves are miserable; how could getting hot help people feel less depressed? Yet this crazy-sounding idea is supported by some compelling evidence. For some ...

“The rise in TB cases does not necessarily mean the control system has failed, but it shows that TB remains a public health ...

This picture invariably brings tears to my eyes. It could be the logo, literally and metaphorically, for current health care policy.

Wearable devices are often exposed to environmental variables that can significantly impact temperature readings. A smartwatch sits on the wrist, where ambient air temperature, sunlight, and even wind ...

I am recovering from a bout of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV (not uncommon if you’re sick and tired and deeply coughing ...

The Aussie “fair go” has sat at the centre of Australia’s national identity for generations – shorthand for egalitarianism, mateship and the promise that hard work will be rewarded with opportunity.

A group of students who attended an engineering lab on Friday are up in arms and under the weather after one of their classmates reportedly came to class with 14th-century disease, the Bubonic Plague.

As World Tuberculosis Day approaches on March 24, Sampan is spreading the word about this sometimes fatal disease. We recently spoke with Dr. Tine Vindenes, chief of Geographic Medicine and Infectious ...

Even individuals who did not become seriously ill with COVID-19 may have developed a weakened immune system that could lead ...