NEW YORK – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday approved the world’s first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, Arexvy, for use in the country....
Australian Health Minister Mark Butler has announced a major policy shift on vaping. Its two primary objectives are to make it harder for children and non-smokers...
A new COVID variant XBB.1.16, or “Arcturus”, has now been identified in at least 34 countries including the UK. Arcturus is a subvariant of omicron and...
Around 56 million people globally suffer a concussion each year. It’s common for concussion to cause short-term symptoms such as a headache, nausea, sensitivity to light...
If you’re pregnant or planning to have a baby soon, you’ve probably been given lots of advice and information about what you might experience during and...
The intestinal microbiota is the set of bacteria and viruses that live inside your gut. Microbiota perform a variety of functions, including digesting food and protecting...
MANILA – The National Capital Region’s (NCR) positivity rate or the number of people testing positive for Covid-19 increased to 18.8 percent as of May 1. Citing...
MANILA – The positivity rate or the number of people testing positive for coronavirus is not a good basis in determining the real picture of the...
In a major speech today, Federal Health Minister Mark Butler said vaping has become “the number one behavioural issue in high schools”. The government today proposed...
Most tumors are made up of many different kinds of cancer cells, as shown in this pancreatic cancer sample from a mouse. Ravikanth Maddipati/Abramson Cancer Center...