A British tourist is in hospital after catching a serious lung disease while on an all-inclusive holiday in Greece. Donna Jobling, from west Hull, contracted Legionnaires’ disease on the island of Crete, and is in intensive care. The 57-year-old was travelling with easyJet Holidays, which says it has moved other customers out of the hotel...
Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! As Anita Wolfe sat in the hallway of a Charleston, West Virginia, county courtroom, waiting to testify against the U.S. government, she thought of her dad, who first started working as a coal miner when he was around 12. She remembered...
Every newborn baby in England will have their DNA mapped to assess their risk of hundreds of diseases, under NHS plans for the next 10 years. The scheme, first reported by the Daily Telegraph, is part of a government drive towards predicting and preventing illness, which will also see £650m invested in DNA research for...
Paul Glynn Culture reporter Stian Andersen The singer also co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo in 1996 A-ha frontman Morten Harket has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The news was announced on Wednesday on the Norwegian synth-pop band’s official website in an article written by their biographer Jan Omdahl, which also revealed the singer...
A boy with an ultra-rare immune disease which can carry a “death sentence” is starting to live a normal life after taking part in a groundbreaking gene therapy trial. Eisa, from Reading, now enjoys playing football and can attend school – something his family never dreamed possible before the treatment. The four-year-old was born with...
Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease in areas where pheasants are released, new research has shown. Researchers studied ticks in 25 woodland areas in the South West where pheasants are released and 25 nearby control sites where no pheasants are released. They found the bacteria that can cause...
Tom Espiner Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The UK government has brought in a temporary ban on holidaymakers bringing in cheese and meat products from the EU in a bid to prevent the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. Travellers have not been allowed to bring back items such as cured meat and cheese, including in...
Some academy footballers in England have been left unable to train because of dental problems, according to a new study which found three-quarters of participants are suffering with gum disease. The study from researchers at University College London (UCL) asked 160 academy players representing 10 English football clubs from the Premier League, Championship and Women’s...
A person with Parkinson’s disease can experience a wide range of physical and psychological symptoms. Boothroyd says his main symptom is facial masking, which impacts the facial muscles and makes it hard for others to interpret your mood. “My face in my opinion could be outwardly smiling but actually it’s not doing that at all,”...
This story was originally published by The New Lede. American families will face increasing rates of environmental-related illnesses and premature deaths, including lung and cardiovascular diseases, due to the Trump administration’s sweeping rollbacks of air quality regulations, health professionals warn. The moves to slash roughly two dozen environmental and public health protections weaken rules dealing...