Disease

Ever since this year's outbreak of monkeypox began, infectious disease experts have called for the disease's name to be changed. After "months of consultations" the WHO has finally decided the preferred term for the disease will now be "mpox."

New research indicates exposure to low levels of a flavoring chemical called diacetyl in combination with a mild case of influenza can cause serious lung damage, so those with occupational exposure should be cautious of working while unwell.

Scientists have reported that five patients undergoing an experimental treatment for lupus have all entered remission for up to 17 months. The promising breakthrough came from the use of CAR T cell immunotherapy, increasingly used to treat cancer.

A new understanding of the way lysosomes called organelles repair themselves could help keep cells young and fresh, and offer new ways to stop age-related diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's in their tracks.

A new study has added to the growing body of evidence reporting similarities between long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The research found around half of the long COVID patients studied fit the diagnostic criteria for ME/CFS.

Did you hear about a new virus called "tomato flu" sweeping through kids in India? It turns out “tomato flu” is not new, has been around in some form for at least 15 years, and is probably just a relatively novel manifestation of a common childhood virus.

Following calls from global experts, the WHO has announced it will assign a new disease name to monkeypox. Opening the process to the public for the first time, early suggestions for the new disease include Poxy McPox, Mpox, MOVID-22 and Banepox.

A new Lyme disease vaccine is about to enter its final phase of human trialling. If all goes well it could be available by 2025, making it the first vaccine for Lyme disease to reach the market in nearly a quarter of a century.

For decades, doctors have noticed men seem more likely to develop cancers compared to women, and while it was often waved away as due to lifestyle, a new study suggests biological factors may be the biggest player in the different cancer risk.

MIT scientists have uncovered a mechanism for how a common genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s contributes to the disease. It centers on lipid metabolism, and early investigations suggest it could eventually lead to new treatments for the disease.

Promising results from a Phase 1 human trial testing a novel monoclonal antibody treatment designed to prevent malaria infection reveal almost every volunteer resisted infection after being deliberately exposed to malaria.

Following recent reports of the first polio case in the US in almost a decade, the CDC reported the virus has been detected in wastewater samples as far back as June in Rockland County, a region north of New York City known for low vaccination rates.