Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are carried by mosquitoes and spread through their blood-sucking bites. (CDC/University of Notre Dame/James Gathany/AP) A strain of malaria […]
Why the body’s calorie-burning capacity drops has so far not been explained. (Yuliya Yesina/Shutterstock) This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of […]
New laws aimed at helping consumers make healthier food choices face an uncertain future as time runs out for the federal government to implement the […]
Since Accutane can cause damage to fetus, the prescribing information in Canada requires written consent from the patient, two negative pregnancy tests before treatment and […]
The turning motion of a short-armed centrifuge at the German Aerospace Centre in Cologne simulates the pull of gravity. (German Aerospace Centre/DLR ) In what […]
People from Congo, crossing into Uganda through the Busunga border, wash their hands last August. (Sumy Sadurni/AFP/Getty Images) Congolese soldiers and police will enforce handwashing […]
Chester the cat rests in his favourite spot, a weight scale, at The Connoisseur, a store in Port Aransas, Texas, back in 2006. (George Gongora/Corpus […]
Naloxone should be easily available all across Canada, the federal health minister said. (David Gunn/CBC) The federal government is putting more money into fighting the […]
The World Health Organization has deemed the Ebola outbreak in Congo a public health emergency of international concern. Ebola is highly infectious and spread through […]
A Congolese health worker administers Ebola vaccine to a child at the Himbi Health Centre in Goma, Congo, on Wednesday. (Olivia Acland/Reuters) The World Health […]
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