Canadian vaccination programs could switch to a 1-dose gender-neutral human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination approach and eliminate cervical cancer, suggests new modeling in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Ass ...

A new article published in Nature Reviews Disease Primers underscores the profound role that stigma can play in health care - ...

CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, depends on their previous exposure - and differences in the focus of immune responses will help scientists understand how to optimise vaccines in the future to ...

The human microbiome plays a critical role in our health, influencing everything from disease development to treatment responses.

Psychiatric drugs are reported to be about 50% more effective in clinical trials funded by the drug's manufacturer than when trials of the same drug are sponsored by other groups, new research shows.

The accumulation of fats in the liver is driven by high-fat diets and obesity, and is becoming an increasingly prevalent ...

Australians under 50 are experiencing stagnating life expectancy while older cohorts, especially men, are living longer, according to new research from The (ANU).

Tobacco use remains a significant global health challenge, despite extensive control measures at both national and ...

The duration of breastfeeding is shorter than average among mothers with a fear of childbirth - regardless of the mode of ...

Scurvy, or vitamin C deficiency, is not just an 18th-century seafarers' disease, as a case study of a 65-year-old woman with ...

A team of researchers from the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), and the Instituto de Ciencias ...

The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed in 2010 includes a Dependent Coverage Expansion (DCE) provision that permits dependents to remain on their parents' health insurance ...